National Park Service
—U.S. Department of the Interior —
The open vistas, recreational fields, or fishing pier may be what drew you to Jones Point Park, but archaeological and historical evidence shows that this land has been attracting people for a multitude of reasons during the last 9,000 years. Over time, previous generations used and reshaped Jones Point in a variety of ways, crating Native American seasonal hunting and fishing camps, cultivating tobacco, erecting a 19th-century ropewalk and a Civil War fort, and even transforming the landscape into an impressive industrial World War I shipyard. Of the few structures that remain, Jones Point's lighthouse, built 1855-1856, is the park's most prominent feature. But Jones Point's most important story lies in front of the lighthouse, where the south cornerstone of the original survey of Washington, D.C., marks the founding of the nation's capital city.| HM Number | HM2D3N |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, December 28th, 2018 at 10:02pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 322695 N 4295785 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.79300000, -77.04156667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 47.58', W 77° 2.494' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 47' 34.8" N, 77° 2' 29.64" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202, 703, 571 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near I-95, Alexandria VA 22314, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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