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Mount Vernon Gristmill and Distillery      Mount Vernon Virginia

Mount Vernon Gristmill and Distillery


George and Martha Washington's Gristmill and Distillery

The gristmill and distillery for Mount Vernon is located a few miles from the Mount Vernon estate Mt Vernon Gristmill and Distrillery along the southern part of Route 235.

The Mount Vernon estate Mt Vernon, home to Martha and George Washington, is located on the Potomac River in Virginia, about 8 miles below the southern edge of the Washington DC beltway.

Originally built in the 18th century, and now a current restoration project, the Mount Vernon gristmill and distillery offers visitors the experience to tour an authentically restored water-powered 18th-century mill. Costumed millers demonstrate its workings; likewise for the distillery. Evidence collected by archaeologists is being used to reconstruct the distillery building.

Mount Vernon Gristmill Mount Vernon Distillery
Admission tickets for touring the gristmill and the distillery can be purchased at the gift shop or at Mount Vernon. Walking about the grounds of the gristmill and distillery is free.

Mount Vernon Gristmill Distillery Gift Shop 		Mount Vernon Gristmill Distillery Gift Shop
There are steps up and into the gift shop plus it was tight moving about the gift shop.
Mount Vernon Gristmill Inside the gristmill building it was extremely loud when the mill's grinding wheels were being demonstrated.

The gristmill is two floors; the tour took interior wood plank steps down to the lower floor.

Both floors could be reached by their own ground level exterior doorways though the brick pathway to the lower level is downhill from the parking lot.
Mount Vernon Gristmill Entry Doorway Mount Vernon Gristmill
Mount Vernon Gristmill Mount Vernon Gristmill
Exiting the lower level of the gristmill we took a break outside, enjoying sitting at the picnic tables while watching several people fishing in the lazily moving nearby stream. Mount Vernon Gristmill Distillery fishing


Mount Vernon Distillery
A well-informed tour guide explained the history of and restoration of the Mount Vernon Distillery.

We had first arrived at the gristmill and distillery mid-morning. There were several large tour buses there so we decided to go back onto Route 1 and find an inviting eatery for a munch break for lunch. When we got back, the tour buses had moved on to Mount Vernon, and we nearly had the tour of the gristmill and distillery to ourselves, which was quite nice. 		Mount Vernon Gristmill

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