Collingwood Picnic Area

Collingwood Picnic Area is a park in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Collingwood Picnic Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood Waynewood, as well as near Snowden.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Washington Light and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital.

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.

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

Hospital

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

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is situated 2 miles northwest of Collingwood Picnic Area.

Hollin Hall

Manor estate

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

Hollin Hall was an 18th-century plantation house three miles southwest of Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia. George Mason, a United States Founding Father, gave Hollin Hall to his third son, Thomson Mason, through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786. Hollin Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Collingwood Picnic Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waynewood and Arcturus.

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.

Arcturus

Neighborhood

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.

Arcturus is a neighborhood within the unincorporated community of Fort Hunt in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Arcturus lies south of Alexandria between the George Washington Memorial Parkway and the Potomac River.

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.

Collingwood Picnic Area

Type: Park
Description: park in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States of America
Categories: tourism, recreation area, and picnic site
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.7271° or 38° 43′ 38″ north

Longitude

-77.04275° or 77° 2′ 34″ west

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Open location code

87C4PXG4+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 494787721

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

GeoNames ID

6346817

Wikidata ID

Q49479152

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