Freestone Point Confederate Battery, Leesylvania State Park

Name: Freestone Point Confederate Battery
Address: Leesylvania State Park, United States

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Freestone Point Confederate Battery, Leesylvania State Park

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Freestone Point Confederate Battery is a historic American Civil War gun emplacement located at Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia. The battery has four individual gun emplacements, which are fairly simple in configuration. All are formed by a large, deep, rectangular depression with high earthen berms built up on the north and south side of each depression. Three of the batteries are located on the cliff about 90 feet above the Potomac River. For five months, from October 1861 to March 1862, the batteries contributed to the Confederate military's success in blockading the Potomac River. ()

Built: 1861 (163 years ago)Coordinates: 38°35'34"N, 77°14'57"W

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Freestone Point Confederate Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Potomac Mills, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Gunston Hall, Pirate's Cove Waterpark.

4.3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Potomac Mills, Woodbridge
110 min walk • Potomac Mills is a shopping mall located in Woodbridge, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The first mall developed by the Mills Corporation, it was acquired in 2007 by Simon Property Group.
6.1 miSW
History museum, Specialty museum, Military museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle
155 min walk • 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.
6.9 miNE
Historical place, Georgian architecture, History museum
Gunston Hall, Lorton
176 min walk • Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. Built between 1755 and 1759 as the main residence and headquarters of a 5,500-acre plantation, the house was the home of the United States Founding Father George Mason.
7 miNE
38°40'18"N • 77°10'8"W
Pirate's Cove Waterpark, Lorton
178 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Amusement park
4.7 miW
History museum, Museum
Weems–Botts Museum, Dumfries
120 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.
2.2 miNW
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Rippon Lodge, Woodbridge
55 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.
3.6 miN
National park
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
93 min walk • The Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located where the Occoquan River meets the Potomac River in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States between Belmont Bay and Occoquan Bay.
4.8 miW
Cemetery
Dumfries Cemetery, Dumfries
123 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.
4 miN
38°39'0"N • 77°14'40"W
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge
101 min walk • Park
3.4 miN
38°38'33"N • 77°14'53"W
Veterans Memorial Park, Woodbridge
88 min walk • Playground, Park
4.4 miSW
Georgian architecture
Old Hotel, Dumfries
112 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.