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Dahlgren, Virginia Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Dahlgren, Virginia from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Dahlgren building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Dahlgren, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Dahlgren artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Dahlgren. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Dahlgren brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Dahlgren, Virginia from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Dahlgren map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks1
- Owens
Streets and roads69
- Windsor Drive
- Dahlgren Road
- James Madison Parkway
- Ferry Dock Road
- Duclos Lane
- Owens Drive
- Potomac Drive
- Danube Drive
- Chatham Drive
- Commerce Drive
- Rosedale Drive
- Fleming Street
- Delaware Drive
- Fairfax Drive
- Schooner Circle
- Payne Drive
- Combs Drive
- Gordon Drive
- Harbor Court
- Navigator Lane
- Merchants Lane
- Consumer Row
- Walnut Hill Lane
- Lisa Lane
- Chesapeake Place
- Twelfth Street
- Village Lane
- Fence Road
- Alexis Lane
- Fifteenth Street
Show all 69 streets
- 13th Street
- Savannah Street
- Windward Lane
- Market Ctr
- Forrest Road
- Stafford Lane
- Real Estate Avenue
- Ballantrae Avenue
- Williams Place
- Berkley Court
- Burns Cedar Drive
- Tenth Street
- Heritage Drive
- Albemarle Court
- Gail Drive
- Fern Court
- Sixth Street
- Austin Drive
- North Williams Creek Drive
- Thirteenth Street
- Pamlico Drive
- Baltic Place
- South Virginia Lane
- Quesenberry Drive
- Gambo Creek Road
- Fourteenth Street
- Mallards Landing Drive
- Eleventh Street
- Townsend Drive
- Palivoda Drive
- Cape Fear Lane
- Roland Lane
- Hill Drive
- Cromwell Place
- Bradford Place
- Mallard's Landing Drive
- Cooks Place
- Norton Drive
- Hospitality Way
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Dahlgren, Virginia
Dahlgren is a community of 2,946 people in King George County, beside the tidal Upper Machodoc Creek near the Potomac River. The Navy bought 1,300 acres along the creek for a new proving ground, and on October 16, 1918, crews test-fired a gun mounted on a tractor there for the first time. The base has shaped the town ever since.
When the proving ground opened, the local post office was called Dido. The Bureau of Ordnance wanted to rename it Machodoc Creek, but another post office already used that name, so the Navy set aside its habit of naming places for geography and chose a person instead. In 1919 the Postal Service changed Dido to Dahlgren, after Rear Admiral John Adolphus Dahlgren, known as the father of naval ordnance.
- A base with many namesThe base began as the U.S. Naval Proving Ground. After 1950 it became the U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory, then the Naval Surface Weapons Center in 1974 and the Naval Surface Warfare Center in 1987, adding Dahlgren Division to that name around 1990. In 2006 it became Naval Support Activity-South Potomac, and the warfare center stayed on as one of its tenant commands.
- Watching space until 2004The U.S. Naval Space Surveillance Systems command worked from the Dahlgren base until 2004, when the Air Force took over that job. The AEGIS Training and Readiness Center is another command based there today.
- Dahlgren Heritage MuseumThe town's museum tells the story of the Navy at Dahlgren and the community around it. Its holdings include a small replica of the Dahlgren gun used in the Civil War years, a Norden bombsight and the propeller from the first radio-controlled flight with no one aboard.
- The 1.7-mile Nice BridgeThe Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 301 across the wide Potomac at Dahlgren, toward La Plata, Maryland, 18 miles away. Drivers use it to skip Interstate 95, and small businesses keep opening along the highway.
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Near Dahlgren
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The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
Shipping & Delivery
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