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Located where the Chihuahuan Desert meets the southern plains, Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge provides habitat for some of the rarest creatures in New Mexico. Established in 1937 to provide h... More on recreation.gov

Eighteen miles south of Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, is an 8,000-acre peninsula known as Mason Neck. Covering 2,277 acres of the peninsula, the refuge provides habitat for the enda... More on LLBean.com

The intriguing beginnings of Occoquan as an 18th century mill town are presented through exhibits, presentations, artifacts, and memorabilia of the Mill House Museum. The museum, which ... More on Virginia.org

Historic Occoquan/Mill House Museum in Occoquan, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

'Occoquan Reservoir' is a reservoir in northeast Virginia, southwest of Washington, D.C., straddling part of the boundary between Fairfax County and Prince William County, west of Alexandria. It is formed by the Occoquan Dam on ... More on Wikipedia

"An art co-op of professional artists, Occoquan, VA!" 313 Mill Street Occoquan, Virginia 22125 (703)490-1117 Marcia Weidler , Director The Loft Art Center Studios, Art Classes, Workshops ... More on Loftgallery.org

Due to aqua classes and swim team training, visitors will do well to call the club to confirm the lap swim lane availability. More on SwimmersGuide

Inscription. This brick, lancet-windowed church, built ca. 1925 is Occoquans second Methodist church. The first wood-frame church, located on Commerce St. behind the present structure, burned in the 1916 town fire. Besides its original ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Dogues, an Algonquian tribe, occupied the Occoquan River Watershed in the early 1600s. In their dialect, Occoquan means “at the end of the water.” They lived in villages, hunted and fished, and raised ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This c. 1900 house was Ogle Harris Store. Harris, son of a slave, first sold homemade ice cream from the houses since-razed summer kitchen. In c. 1910 he moved his family from the building, which was then his residence, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. John Ballendine established this gristmill at the Occoquan Falls ca. 1755. By 1800 it was owned by Nathaniel Ellicott and housed machinery to unload grain from wagons or barges, grind it, and return it to its carrier. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Ex-slave Lewis H. Bailey organized Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1883. It is one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in Easter Prince William County. The original church, built on this site in 1883–1884, ... More on HMDB