Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°45′5″N 77°26′19″W / 38.75139°N 77.43861°W / 38.75139; -77.43861
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Signal Hill
Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia) is located in Northern Virginia
Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia)
Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia)
Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia) is located in the United States
Signal Hill (Prince William County, Virginia)
Location9301 Signal View Road, Prince William County, Virginia
Nearest cityManassas, Virginia
Coordinates38°45′5″N 77°26′19″W / 38.75139°N 77.43861°W / 38.75139; -77.43861
Area5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1861 (1861)
MPSCivil War Properties in Prince William County MPS
NRHP reference No.89001062[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 1989

Signal Hill is a historic Confederate Army military site in Prince William County, Virginia. It is from this location, a signal station atop the hill, that Confederate observers in 1861 spotted Union Army troops attempting to cross Sudley Ford. The Confederate response to this maneuver began the First Battle of Bull Run.[2]

Part of Signal Hill is now part of a public park owned by the city of Manassas Park; the rest is part of a preservation area belonging to a neighborhood association.[2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Cultural Resources" (PDF). Prince William County. Retrieved 2014-03-18.