Franconia Park

Franconia Park is a park in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Franconia Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Rose Hill Farms, as well as near Virginia Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas A. Edison High School and Fort Willard.

Thomas A. Edison High School

School

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Thomas Alva Edison High School is one of 25 high schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Thomas Edison is an International Baccalaureate school.

Fort Willard is a former Union Army installation now located in the Belle Haven area of Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is currently undergoing preservation treatment to protect its earthen walls and trenches. Fort Willard is situated 2½ miles east of Franconia Park.

Cameron Run Regional Park

Park

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Cameron Run Regional Park is a regional park located on Eisenhower Avenue, near Cameron Run, in Alexandria, northern Virginia. It is protected and operated by the NOVA Parks agency of Northern Virginia, formerly the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Cameron Run Regional Park is situated 2 miles north of Franconia Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rose Hill and Kingstowne.

Rose Hill

Village

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Rose Hill is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census. Built in the mid-1950s, Rose Hill is the largest of the subdivisions that make up the CDP, which is just southwest of Alexandria; others include Wilton Woods, Burgundy Village, and Winslow Heights.

Kingstowne

Village

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Kingstowne is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a planned community amid the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Springfield, Alexandria, and Franconia, Virginia, and is centered on the intersection of South Van Dorn Street and Kingstowne Boulevard.

Groveton

Village

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Groveton is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Groveton had a population of 15,725. Located south of the city of Alexandria, it encompasses numerous neighborhoods including Groveton, Bucknell Manor, Stoneybrooke, and portions of Hollin Hills. Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County's largest park, is located in the southwest part of the CDP.

Franconia Park

Type: Park
Description: park in the United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.77324° or 38° 46′ 24″ north

Longitude

-77.10894° or 77° 6′ 32″ west

Elevation

230 feet (70 metres)

Operator

FCPA

Open location code

87C4QVFR+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 120231530

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4759976

Wikidata ID

Q49491271

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In Other Languages

“Franconia Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Franconia Park”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rose Hill Farms and Virginia Hills.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chessie’s Big Backyard and Franconia Rec Center Pool.

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