Powder Magazine
Powder Magazine is a bunker in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Powder Magazine is situated nearby to the tourism office Fort Washington Visitor Center, as well as near the ruins Decatur Battery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Washington Light and Canterbury High School.
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 950 feet west of Powder Magazine.
Canterbury High School
School
The Canterbury School also known as Canterbury High School and also simply as Canterbury, was a private, college preparatory secondary school located in Accokeek, Maryland, on the grounds of Christ Episcopal Church. It opened in 1961 and closed in 2000. Canterbury High School is situated 2½ miles south of Powder Magazine.
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. Tantallon is situated 1½ miles northeast of Powder Magazine.
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 Powder Magazine.
Powder Magazine
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.71147° or 38° 42′ 41″ northLongitude
-77.03374° or 77° 2′ 2″ westOpen location code
87C4PX68+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 166626944OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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