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Manassas is a small city in northern Virginia with a strong Civil War presence. The First Battle of Bull Run, was fought nearby.


Get in

By train

Weekday commuter rail service to and from Washington, D.C. is provided by Virginia Railway Express. Intercity service is provided via Amtrak as Manassas is a stop of the Northeast Regional service between Boston, New York City and Lynchburg. Additionally, two long distance trains also calls here, the tri-weely Cardinal between New York and Chicago as well as the daily Crescent between New York and New Orleans.

By bus

By plane

Get around

Map
Map of Manassas

Manassas is mainly served by I-66, U.S. 29, Virginia State Route 234 Business and Virginia State Route 28, which runs through the City's historic downtown. PRTC Transit operates a limited regional bus system.

Sudley Road (Route 234 Business) runs North/South through Manassas, is the main shopping artery of the city.

See

Do

Buy

  • 1 Manassas Mall, 8300 Sudley Rd, ☏ +1 703 368-0181. 10AM-9PM M-Sa 10AM-6PM Su. Features many major clothing stores. 
  • 2 J.E. Rice True Value Hardware, 9124 Mathis Ave, ☏ +1 703 361-3141. A traditional hardware store in business for over 70 years. 
  • 3 Prospero's Books, 9129 Center St, ☏ +1 703 257-7895. 12PM-6PM M-Sa. Local used book store with massive inventory. Old military gear and other antiques speckle this store full of books some of which are over 100+ years old. (updated Apr 2018)

Eat

Manassas is fairly close to Washington DC, so there's a decent selection of minority ethnic restaurants in addition to regular fare. In addition, many chains are represented in Manassas including Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans, Golden Corral, Great American Steak and Buffet, Red, Hot and Blue, Hooters, Logan's Roadhouse, and local favorite Five Guys hamburgers. Manassas is also known locally for its unusually high number of 7/11 convenience stores per capita. This includes two on Sudley Road that are inexplicably right next door to each other. Local favorites are concentrated in the historic Downtown. The city of Manassas has a meals tax.

Drink

Sleep

Go next

  • Centreville (Virginia) don't go there next, go there at the same time. With Centreville road (SR 28) connecting Centreville and Manassas, they're almost two different parts of the same city.
Routes through Manassas
Charleston ← Culpeper ←  W  E  → Alexandria → Washington, D.C.
Lynchburg ← Culpeper ←  S/SW  N/NE  → Alexandria → Washington, D.C.
Middletown ← Front Royal ←  W  E  → Centreville → Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. ← Centreville ←  N  S  → Culpeper → Charlottesville
END ← Bristow ←  W  E  → Burke → Washington, D.C.


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