Colvin Run Mill

Colvin Run Mill is in Great Falls, Virginia. Built c. 1811, Colvin Run Mill is the sole surviving operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and its restored mechanism is a nationally significant example of automated technologies pioneered in milling and later adopted across American industry.

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Type: Museum
Description: operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
Address: VA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and Great Falls Community Library.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

Park

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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens and an event venue located at 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court, in Vienna, Virginia. They are open daily except for major holidays and ice; an admission fee is charged. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens is situated 2 miles south of Colvin Run Mill.

Great Falls Community Library

Library

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Great Falls Community Library is situated 2 miles north of Colvin Run Mill.

Lake Anne

Reservoir

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Lake Anne is a reservoir in the unincorporated suburban community of Reston in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The lake is part of the Difficult Run drainage area of the county. Lake Anne is situated 2½ miles west of Colvin Run Mill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Falls Crossing and Great Falls.

Great Falls Crossing

Village

Great Falls Crossing is a census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 1,392. Established after the 2020 Census, it includes previously unincorporated areas with Reston addresses between the communities of Reston and Great Falls.

Great Falls

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Great Falls in Virginia, within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the DC beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.

Wolf Trap

Village

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Wolf Trap is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wolf Trap had a population of 16,496. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is located in the CDP. Wolf Trap is situated 2 miles south of Colvin Run Mill.

Colvin Run Mill

Categories: watermill, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.96852° or 38° 58′ 7″ north

Longitude

-77.29305° or 77° 17′ 35″ west

Elevation

197 feet (60 metres)

Open location code

87C4XP94+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 60582594

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4753731

Wikidata ID

Q5150311

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