Jones Point Lighthouse — Attraction in Alexandria

The Jones Point Lighthouse is a small one-story house near the Jones Point Park. It was built in1855 and is preserved today. It used to serve as a warning light for ships approaching the Washington Navy Yard. There are signs throughout that explain the history. You can't go inside, but the views are amazing of the National Harbor across the river. You can also see the original marker of D.C. on the...

My wife and I decided to take the relatively short walk from Old Town to this lighthouse. I didn't look ahead at other reviews, and I have to say I was a little disappointed when I realized this is literally a house with a small rotunda on top serving as a lighthouse. The walk was nice, the scenery is beautiful, but the end result was just a tad...

Cool little piece of history. Original tract of Indigenous land - later owned & used for tobacco agriculture by early suffragette Margaret Brent, whom was granted land patent in 1654. Still bears District of Colombia boundary stones marking the nucleus which has become Alexandria, VA. [according to NPS US Department of...