National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle

Name: National Museum of the Marine Corps
Address: 18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Triangle, 22172-1938, United States
Telephone: +1 703-784-6107

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National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle

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The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. Located in Triangle, Virginia near MCB Quantico, the museum opened on November 10, 2006, and is now one of the top tourist attractions in the state, drawing over 500,000 people annually. ()

Established: 10 November 2006 (18 years ago)Coordinates: 38°32'40"N, 77°20'35"W

Address

18900 Jefferson Davis HwyTriangle 22172-1938 United States

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+1 703-784-6107

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Day trips

National Museum of the Marine Corps – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weems–Botts Museum, Aquia Church, Rippon Lodge, Freestone Point Confederate Battery.

1.8 miN
History museum, Museum
Weems–Botts Museum, Dumfries
47 min walk • Weems–Botts House Museum is a small historic museum in Dumfries, Virginia, United States. The museum includes the landmark Weems–Botts House on the corner of Duke Street and Cameron Street and the Weems–Botts Museum Annex, which houses the Lee Lansing Research Library and Archive, located at 3944 Cameron Street.
6.4 miSW
Historical place, Cemetery, Church
Aquia Church, Stafford
163 min walk • Aquia Church is a historic church and congregation at 2938 Richmond Highway in Stafford, Virginia, USA. It is an Episcopal congregation founded in 1711, that meets in an architecturally exceptional Georgian brick building that was built in the 1750s.
6 miNE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Rippon Lodge, Woodbridge
153 min walk • Rippon Lodge is one of the oldest houses remaining in Prince William County, Virginia. Built around 1747 by Richard Blackburn as the main residence and headquarters of his plantation, it lies on high ground overlooking Neabsco Creek at the south end of what is now the unincorporated town of Woodbridge at 15520 Blackburn Road.
6.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Freestone Point Confederate Battery, Leesylvania State Park
155 min walk • Freestone Point Confederate Battery is a historic American Civil War gun emplacement located at Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia.
1.2 miW
Cemetery
Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico
30 min walk • Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces.
1.8 miN
Cemetery
Dumfries Cemetery, Dumfries
45 min walk • The Dumfries Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Dumfries, Virginia. It is located on Mine Road near Cameron Street. The cemetery includes graves of original pioneers of Dumfries from 1667. It also contains unmarked graves from the Civil War.
2 miNE
Georgian architecture
Old Hotel, Dumfries
50 min walk • Old Hotel, also known as Williams Ordinary and Love's Tavern, is a historic inn and tavern located at Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia. It is dated to about 1765, and is a two-story, five bay, Georgian style brick building. It features stone quoins and a stone doorway.
5.9 miNE
National park
Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
150 min walk • The Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Potomac River in Virginia, at the point where it meets Neabsco Creek.
3.5 miSE
Island
Chopawamsic
90 min walk • Chopawamsic Island is one of the few islands in the Potomac River within the territorial boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia.