Potomac Yard, Alexandria

Name: Potomac Yard
Address: Alexandria, United States

#29 among attractions in Alexandria

Shopping, Shopping centre

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Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Washington Metro Blue Line /Yellow Line tracks. The area was home to what was once one of the busiest rail yards on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. The "Potomac Yard" name is also used to refer to several developments in the area, especially the Potomac Yard Retail Center strip mall and a planned Washington Metro rail station. ()

Coordinates: 38°49'47"N, 77°2'59"W

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Potomac Yard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Black History Museum, The Birchmere, Fort Scott Park, Ivy Hill Cemetery.

1.2 miS
Museum, History museum
Black History Museum, Alexandria
31 min walk • The Alexandria Black History Museum, located at 902 Wythe St. Alexandria, Virginia, is operated by the City of Alexandria. The building was formerly the Robert Robinson Library, originally constructed in 1940 as the first "separate but equal" library for African Americans in the segregated city.
1 miNW
Nightlife, Bars and clubs, Concerts and shows
The Birchmere, Alexandria
25 min walk • The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage.
1.3 miNW
Park
Fort Scott Park, Arlington
33 min walk • Fort Scott was a detached lunette constructed in May 1861 to guard the south flank of the defenses of Washington during the American Civil War. It was named for General Winfield Scott, who was then General-in-Chief of the Union Army.
1.5 miSW
Cemetery
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria
39 min walk • Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856.
1.2 miS
Museum
Robert H. Robinson Library, Alexandria
31 min walk • Robert H. Robinson Library was one of the earliest libraries for Colored People in the United States, during the Jim Crow laws era.