Fort Harrison National Cemetery, Richmond

Name: Fort Harrison National Cemetery
Address: 8620 Varina Rd, Richmond, United States

#122 among attractions in Richmond

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Fort Harrison National Cemetery, Richmond

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Fort Harrison National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located seven miles south of the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, It encompasses 1.5 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 1,570 interments. ()

Built: 1866 (158 years ago)Coordinates: 37°25'43"N, 77°21'59"W

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8620 Varina RdRichmond United States

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Fort Harrison National Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Richmond National Battlefield Park, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Clarke–Palmore House, Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway.

0.4 miW
Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond
12 min walk • The Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates 13 American Civil War sites around Richmond, Virginia, which served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for most of the war.
3.3 miW
Bridge
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Richmond
85 min walk • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge carries the Pocahontas Parkway, signed as State Route 895, across the James River between the independent city of Richmond and Henrico County.
5.7 miNW
Museum, History museum
Clarke–Palmore House, Richmond
146 min walk • The Clarke–Palmore House, also known as Clarke Home, was built as a brick farmhouse in 1819 and expanded in 1855. Its first floor level, built in 1819, is described as being American bond brickwork of 3 to 5 stretcher courses between each header course.
6.8 miNW
Memorial
Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond
173 min walk • Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway is a historic route marker located on U.S. Route 1, or Jefferson Davis Highway, in Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1929, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is one of 16 erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947.
5.3 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Tree Hill, Richmond
136 min walk • Tree Hill near Richmond, Virginia, in Henrico County, Virginia, is a Greek Revival style plantation house overlooking the James River about two miles east of downtown Richmond near the intersection of the historic Osborne Turnpike and New Market Road.

Fort Harrison National Cemetery, Richmond

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Richmond plan & book

Fort Harrison National Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Richmond

Clarke–Palmore House, Richmond

Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond

Tree Hill, Richmond