Riverwood

Riverwood is a neighborhood in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Riverwood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Belle Rive, as well as near Vernon Square.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and Washington Family Tomb.

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, an American Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha.

Washington Family Tomb

Tomb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Marshall Hall

Ruins

Photo: Doalfe, Public domain.

Marshall Hall, Maryland is the site of the Marshall family mansion. It is now part of Piscataway Park operated by the National Park Service. Marshall Hall is located near Bryans Road in Charles County, Maryland, next to the Potomac River, more or less across from Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George Washington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Woodlawn.

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.

Woodlawn

Village

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodlawn is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 20,804. It was carved out of the Mount Vernon CDP beginning with the 2010 census, from the west it goes from Fort Belvoir to Little Hunting Creek stretching along U.S. Route 1 on the south and Huntley Meadows Park on the north. Woodlawn is situated 2 miles northwest of Riverwood.

Belvoir

Neighborhood

Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the labor of slaves, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. Belvoir is situated 2½ miles southwest of Riverwood.

Riverwood

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

38.70484° or 38° 42′ 17″ north

Longitude

-77.09526° or 77° 5′ 43″ west

Elevation

69 feet (21 metres)

Open location code

87C4PW33+WV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158384878

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4782130

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