Hunter

Hunter is a neighborhood in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Hunter is situated nearby to the neighborhood Riverside Gardens, as well as near North Mount Vernon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital.

Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens

Protected area

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha.

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort Washington Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Washington Light is a lighthouse located on the banks of the Potomac River on the grounds of its namesake fort. There has been a lighthouse on the location since 1857; the current light was converted from a fog bell tower in 1901. Fort Washington Light is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hunter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Hunt and Waynewood.

Fort Hunt

Village

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.

Fort Hunt is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The area is named after Fort Hunt, which was built on the bank of the Potomac River in 1897 to defend Washington, D.C. from naval attack and is now a public park.

Waynewood

Neighborhood

Waynewood is a populated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is located on the Potomac River and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

Mount Vernon

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Mount Vernon is a district in Fairfax County, Virginia, situated on the Potomac River. It takes its name from the country home and plantation of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America.

Hunter

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.72234° or 38° 43′ 20″ north

Longitude

-77.06498° or 77° 3′ 54″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

87C4PWCP+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158323910

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4765325

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