Gunston Cove
Gunston Cove is an inlet of the Potomac River, at the confluence of Accotink Creek and Pohick Creek in Northern Virginia. The Cove forms the northern boundary of Mason Neck, once home to the revolutionary hero George Mason and now site of several regional parks and the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belvoir and Mason Neck.
Belvoir
Neighborhood
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Mason Neck
Village
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Mason Neck is a peninsula jutting into the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Washington, D.C. It is surrounded by Belmont Bay to the west, the Potomac River to the south and east, Gunston Cove to the northeast, and Pohick Bay to the north-northeast. Mason Neck is situated 1½ miles south of Gunston Cove.
Fort Belvoir
Village
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Fort Belvoir is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named. Fort Belvoir is situated 3 miles north of Gunston Cove.
Gunston Cove
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Gunsen Cove”
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Gunston Cove” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gunston Cove”
Localities in the Area
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