Shepherds Landing

Places of Interest Nearby

Goose Island

Island

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Goose Island is a vanishing island located in the Potomac River in the southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a rarely above-water mudflat located at the mouth of Oxon Creek, roughly between Oronoco Bay in Alexandria and Marbury Point, now part of the Blue Plains water treatment plant.

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop

Museum

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.

The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop/Museum is a historic apothecary's shop in Alexandria, Virginia, that has been preserved as a museum. During its working life, it was owned by generations of a Quaker family. Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Shepherds Landing.

Torpedo Factory Art Center

Art gallery

Photo: nostri-imago, CC BY 2.0.

The Torpedo Factory Art Center is the former U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, a naval munitions factory on the banks of the Potomac River in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, which was converted into an art center in 1974. Torpedo Factory Art Center is situated 1 mile southwest of Shepherds Landing.

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Bellevue

Neighborhood

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

Bellevue is a residential neighborhood in far Southeast and Southwest in Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by South Capitol Street, one block of Atlantic Street SE, and 1st Streets SE and SW to the north and east; Joliet Street SW and Oxon Run Parkway to the south; Martin Luther King Jr.

Alexandria Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Foolish Productions Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Alexandria Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia. Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture.

Alexandria

Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY 3.0.

Alexandria is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, bordering Washington, D.C. to the northeast.

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