Fort Washington Visitor Center

Fort Washington Visitor Center is a tourism office in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland which is located on Fort Washington Road. Fort Washington Visitor Center is situated nearby to the ruins Decatur Battery, as well as near the lighthouse Fort Washington Light.

Opening hours: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM
Type: Tourism office
Address: 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Washington Light.

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 1,100 feet west of Fort Washington Visitor Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waynewood and Tantallon.

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.

Tantallon

Neighborhood

Tantallon is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and is a part of the census-designated place of Fort Washington.

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. Fort Hunt is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Washington Visitor Center.

Fort Washington Visitor Center

Categories: information, building, and tourism
Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.71261° or 38° 42′ 45″ north

Longitude

-77.03316° or 77° 1′ 59″ west

Levels

Open location code

87C4PX78+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 166622914

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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