Belvoir Substation

Belvoir Substation is an electrical substation in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Belvoir Substation is situated near the sports venue Hayfield Farm Swim & Dive, as well as near Hayfield Elementary Playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hayfield Secondary School and Pope–Leighey House.

Hayfield Secondary School

School

Hayfield Secondary School is a secondary school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Virginia. It opened in 1968 and graduated its first senior class in 1971. Hayfield Secondary School is situated 1 mile northwest of Belvoir Substation.

Pope–Leighey House

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Pope–Leighey House, formerly known as the Loren Pope Residence, is a suburban home in Virginia designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The house, which belongs to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has been relocated twice and sits on the grounds of Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, Virginia. Pope–Leighey House is situated 1½ miles south of Belvoir Substation.

Aerospace Data Facility-East

Military installation

Photo: Dogue, Public domain.

Aerospace Data Facility-East, also known as Area 58 and formerly known as Defense Communications Electronics Evaluation and Testing Activity, is one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office in the continental United States. Aerospace Data Facility-East is situated 1¼ miles west of Belvoir Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hayfield and Woodlawn.

Hayfield

Village

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

Hayfield is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 3,909. It is located in southeastern Fairfax County, bordered by Kingstowne to the northwest, Rose Hill to the north, Groveton to the east, and Fort Belvoir to the south.

Woodlawn

Village

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

Woodlawn is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 20,804. It was carved out of the Mount Vernon CDP beginning with the 2010 census, from the west it goes from Fort Belvoir to Little Hunting Creek stretching along U.S. Route 1 on the south and Huntley Meadows Park on the north.

Kingstowne

Village

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

Kingstowne is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a planned community amid the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Springfield, Alexandria, and Franconia, Virginia, and is centered on the intersection of South Van Dorn Street and Kingstowne Boulevard. Kingstowne is situated 2 miles north of Belvoir Substation.

Belvoir Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.74143° or 38° 44′ 29″ north

Longitude

-77.13453° or 77° 8′ 4″ west

Operator

Virginia Power

Open location code

87C4PVR8+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 223220978

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hayfield Farm Swim & Dive and Hayfield Elementary Playground.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Casey Building and Kingman Building.

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