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Welcome to Fort Reynolds Park

4585 South 31st St.

 
 
Welcome to Fort Reynolds Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 31, 2021
1. Welcome to Fort Reynolds Park Marker
Inscription. Site of a former Civil War Fort
 
Erected by Arlington County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Defenses of Washington series list.
 
Location. 38° 50.272′ N, 77° 5.659′ W. Marker is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Shirlington. It is on 31st Street South 0.1 miles east of South Abingdon Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4522 31st St S, Arlington VA 22206, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fort Reynolds (a few steps from this marker); Battery Gareschι (approx. 0.2 miles away); Edmund Douglas Campbell (approx. 0.3 miles away); Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome to Jennie Dean Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); Original Federal Boundary Stone, District of Columbia, Southwest 4 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Margaret Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Welcome to Jennie Dean Park (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arlington.
 
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Other markers no longer nearby.
Edmund Douglas Campbell (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Welcome to Fort Reynolds Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 31, 2021
2. Welcome to Fort Reynolds Park Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 31, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 31, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jun. 14, 2026