Fort Williams
Fort Williams was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed in Alexandria, Virginia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: historical fort in Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Williams Park”
- Address: 501 Fort Williams Parkway, Alexandria, VA 22304
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cameron Run Regional Park and Inova Alexandria Hospital.
Cameron Run Regional Park
Park
Photo: Paul Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cameron Run Regional Park is a regional park located on Eisenhower Avenue, near Cameron Run, in Alexandria, northern Virginia. It is protected and operated by the NOVA Parks agency of Northern Virginia, formerly the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Hospital
Inova Alexandria Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1872 as the Alexandria Infirmary, it became part of Northern Virginia's Inova Health System in 1997. Inova Alexandria Hospital is situated 1 mile northwest of Fort Williams.
Thornton Friends School
School
Thornton Friends School was a 6-12 Quaker school with three campuses, two in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S, and one in Alexandria, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Thornton Friends School is situated 3,300 feet north of Fort Williams.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairlington and Huntington.
Fairlington
Neighborhood
Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria. Fairlington is situated 1½ miles north of Fort Williams.
Huntington
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.
South Alexandria is an area of southeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Despite the name, it is not part of the City of Alexandria; it is a colloquial name used by locals because the area has an Alexandria mailing address. Huntington is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Williams.
Rosemont Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rosemont Historic District is a historic district located in the North Ridge neighborhood of Alexandria City in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Rosemont Historic District is situated 2 miles east of Fort Williams.
Fort Williams
- Categories: fort and recreation area
- Location: Alexandria, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.81172° or 38° 48′ 42″ northLongitude
-77.09488° or 77° 5′ 42″ westOpen location code
87C4RW64+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 217709892OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q5472353
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In Other Languages
“Fort Williams” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ويليامز”
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