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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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″ northLongitude
-77.03316° or 77° 1′ 59″ westLevels
2Open location code
87C4PX78+2POpenStreetMap ID
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