Lorton Prison (decommissioned)

Lorton Prison (decommissioned) is a building in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Lorton Prison (decommissioned) is situated nearby to the nature reserve Occoquan Regional Park, as well as near the power station Fairfax Landfill Solar.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Occoquan Historic District and Workhouse Arts Center.

Occoquan Historic District

Historic site

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Occoquan Historic District is a national historic district located at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 60 contributing buildings in the town of Occoquan. Occoquan Historic District is situated 1 mile west of Lorton Prison (decommissioned).

Workhouse Arts Center

Arts center

Photo: Workhouse1, Public domain.

The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia is a 55-acre center for the arts and arts education that, through adaptive reuse, utilizes existing structures on repurposed land in the former Lorton Reformatory. Workhouse Arts Center is situated 1 mile northwest of Lorton Prison (decommissioned).

Woodbridge station

Railway station

Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodbridge station is a train station in Woodbridge, Virginia. It serves Amtrak's Northeast Regional service and Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line. Woodbridge station is situated 2 miles south of Lorton Prison (decommissioned).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Occoquan and Colchester.

Occoquan

Village

Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY 3.0.

Occoquan is a town in eastern Prince William County, Virginia, United States, founded in 1804. As of the 2020 census, Occoquan had a population of 1,035.