In an effort to promote Virginia’s slogan, “Virginia is for Lovers,” the state began the LOVEwork program in 2013 where businesses, residences, local and state government agencies have created LOVE signs.
Today there are over 450 official and unofficial LOVE signs across the state. Each sign artistically displays the same four letters, L-O-V-E, in creative displays that showcase the business or area.
Make traveling across town, across the state, to the big cities, small towns, through the mountains, or along the coast an adventure to find LOVE. Put a little bit more LOVE in your life and pictures. These signs are a bright spot in many of the communities and an excellent backdrop for a family or group outing, date night, or just to put a smile on your face.
With so many across the state, you will not have to go out of your way very far to get a picture or two as you travel along the interstates, scenic byways, and gravel country roads during your next getaway or trip to the grocery store.
So, on your next trip, make it a scavenger hunt to find the LOVE signs along your route.
LOVE signs in Northern Virginia
With nearly 70 LOVE signs across the Northern Virginia area and just a few miles outside Washington, D.C, going in search of LOVE makes the perfect scenic getaway. Take a whole week to explore the area’s LOVE signs, a weekend, a day, or just a run to the local grocery store, friend’s house, or mall.
road trips from Washington, D. C.
Below, explore the three short road trips from Washington, D. C. to neighboring towns outlined in this post. Grab your keys and head to the car for road trips to Fredericksburg, Leesburg, and Manassas to see 34 great LOVE signs. Be on the lookout for other LOVE signs that may pop up along your route.
How to find more “LOVE”
Find more Virginia LOVE signs at Facebook.com/VirgniaisforLovers or on the hashtag #LOVEVA.
LOVE Signs to see between Washington, D.C. and Fredericksburg, VA
The Block Food Hall and Bar
- Address: 4221 John Marr Drive, Annandale, VA
Workhouse Arts Center
- Address: 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton, VA 22079
Incorporating the Workhouse Arts Center history, artist Marlon “Marly McFly” Diggs created Fairfax’s first permanent Love sign.
The large letters, each on their own stand, are an array of intertwined painted collages of textures, brick archways, and colors representing a fondness of culture.
Occoquan
- Address: River Mill Park, 458 Mill Street, Occoquan, VA 22125
The 1.1-acre River Mill Park in Occoquan is the perfect place to enjoy the walking trail and look out onto the Occoquan River. While visiting, take a picture at this over 6-foot tall love sign that makes the perfect backdrop for your Instagram picture.
The large wooden LOVE letters sit in the foreground of the lattice background. Choose to have a seat on the L, curl up in the O, make a victory pose behind the V, or peak through the E.
After your photoshoot, enjoy strolling through Occoquan’s downtown.
Potomac Mills
- Address: 2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Woodbridge, VA 22192
At the Potomac Mills mall, you will find not only 200 retail stores across a mile-long stretch but LOVE. The Potomac Mills’ LOVEworks sign sits outside The Cheesecake Factory and showcases the mall’s logo inside the letter O.
Potomac Point Winery and Vineyard
- Address: 275 Decatur Road, Stafford, VA 22554
Find LOVE and delicious local wine in Stafford at the Potomac Point Winery and Vineyards.
Here you will not find a LOVE sign, but four wine barrels handsomely painted to represent the winery through a wine bottle on the L, grape vines growing over the O and E, and the V with a cork.
Barley Naked Brewing Company
- Address: 15 Tech Parkway, Suite 109, Stafford, VA 22556
Located outside of Barley Naked Brewing Company, you will find the LOVE sign honoring both the military and first responders on the stone wall.
Owner Barry Boyd retired Coast Guard, created the sizeable wooden love sign with white stars on the L. The O honors each of the five military branches and First Responders, while red stripes and Virginia is for Lover’s slogan highlight the E. The V showcases the brewery’s name and the year it was established in Stafford.
Adventure Brewing Company
- Address: 33 Perchwood Drive, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, VA 22405
Adventure Brewing Company created its large wall-mounted LOVE sign out of what they know best.
- L – brown glass beer bottles
- O – tops of aluminum beer cans
- V – beer caps
- E – aluminum beer cans
Stop on today and celebrate LOVE with one of their seasonal, special, or newly released beers.
6 Bears and a Goat Brewing Company
- Address: 1140 International Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Discover the military history and the story of the brewery of the seven retired servicemen and women through the LOVE sign at 6 Bears and A Goat. After serving a collection of over 140 years in the Coast Guard and Navy, the 6 Bears and Goat’
The 6 Bears and Goat, with over 150 years of service in the Coast Guard and Navy, created their LOVE sign to represent themselves and their brewery.
Learn a bit about the owners as you study the L with Old Glory proudly waving as well as Mae West, the logo of their flagship beer, Mae West Blonde Ale. The O is portrayed through their life ring logo. The V showcases both the Coast Guard and Navy emblems and a picture of the bear and goat. You will find their “simply better brew” tag line on the E among the hop vines.
FedEx Shop Center
- Address: 1117 International Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA
At the entrance to the parking lot, be on the lookout for the floral love sign.
Virginia Welcome Center Fredericksburg
Address: I-95S, Fredericksburg, VA 22404
In front of the Welcome Center, you will find 8-foot-tall white letters that stretch 16-feet wide, spelling out LOVE.
The sign is a message from the VA tourism department that “Love is at the heart of every Virginia vacation.”
The rest area is a great spot to stretch your legs, pick up some info about local attractions, and snap a picture of your loved ones posing at the LOVE sign.
Hurkamp Park
Address: 500 William Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
At the corner of Prince Edwards and Williams Streets, you will see Emma Madeleine Stoddard’s creative impression of Fredericksburg’s history, attractions, and culture through the LOVE sign at Hurkamp Park.
The L creatively represents all the cultural arts in the area, while the O showcases a map of all the museum locations in Fredericksburg. The V’s design embodies all the area’s waterways for kayaking, and the E symbolizes both the local drink movement and farm to fork opportunities.
Bowman Distillery
- Address: 1 Bowman Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Beneath the U.S. and Virginia state flags, you will find the large LOVE letters representing the distillery on the wall in the distillery’s gift shop.
The Distillery begins with corn, and so does their Love sign with the L filled with kernels of corn. They wrapped the O in copper and created the V from slats of the bourbon barrel. The E makes up a set of three shelves on which bottles of bourbon sit.
Highmark Brewery
- Address: 390 Kings Highway, Fredericksburg, VA 22405
On your pursuit of happiness, stop in at Highmark Brewery and pull up a seat under their four-foot-tall love sign that lights up.
This sign stating LOVE in Pursuit of Happiness is only accessible when the brewery is open.
Rappahannock United Way
- Address: 3310 Shannon Park Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
At the Rappahannock United Way’s headquarter on Tidewater Trail near Shannon Airport, you will find the work of local artist and owner of Featherstone Forge, Hunter Perkinson.
The steel life-sized L-O-V-E letters are painted bright colors that represent the United Way chapter.
Painted in bright colors to represent the local United Way Chapter, the Love sign features a blue L, white O, yellow V, and red E.
The United Way will decorate the sign to showcase ALICE Awareness, Free Tax Services, Early Literacy, and other community-driven programs throughout the year. So please stop by this sign whenever you pass through to see how it changes.
Industrial Park
- Address: 11047 Pierson Drive, B, Fredericksburg, VA
Snead’s Asparagus Farm
- Address: 18294 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg, VA
To the east of Fredericksburg, you will find a fun location to both enjoy the outdoors, take a LOVE sign picture, and learn a bit about nature, agriculture, and the animals of Snead’s Asparagus Farm.
The LOVE sign at Sneads depicts the farm life with a hay bale L, tractor tire O, two bunches of asparagus spears forms the V, and nearly a dozen crates make up the E.
Visit the Snead Asparagus Farm throughout the year to see how they decorate their letters for different holidays and seasons.
Spotsylvania Visitor Center
- Address: 4704 Southpoint Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Not only can you get your Instagram-worthy photo next to the large white L-O-V-E letters at the Spotsylvania Visitor Center, but you can also pick up County literature. Find a wide range of great things to see and do, like the Grapes and Grains Spirits Trail, or visit some of the local Civil War Battlefields.
Matern Staffing, Inc.
- Address: 4737 Jefferson Davis Highway, Fredericksburg, VA
The sign is inside so check their business hours.
LOVE signs between Washington, D.C. to Manassas VA
Manassas
- Address: Harrison, 9201 Center Street, Manassas, VA 20110
Sitting on a flat railroad car, the huge LOVE letters at Harrison Pavilion next to the ice rink are worth stopping and snapping a picture. Pile your whole group inside the O or stand behind the towering V for your photo on the train platform.
Manassas Regional Airport
- Address: 10600 Harry J Parrish Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110
Airplane and LOVE sign lovers alike will want to visit the Manassas Regional Airport. A Fredericksburg Creative Color artist created the LOVE sculpture out of donated, recycled airplane parts.
For the “LOVE” of aviation, head to the main terminal, where the LOVE sign sits outside. Enjoy watching the aircraft fly in and out of the airport after taking a LOVEly picture.
Manassas Historic District
- Address: 9419 Battle Street, Manassas, VA 20110
The LOVE sign is across diagonally from the Mariachi’s Tequilera and Restaurant.
Manassas Museum
- Address: 9010 Prince William Street, Manassas, VA 20110
The Manassas Museum houses the original LOVE letters that were first displayed at the Harrison Pavilion.
The Compass School
- Address: 9811 Godwin Drive, Manassas, VA
Morning Stables at Battlebrook
- Address: 12199 General Trimbles Lane, Manassas, VA 20109
Downtown Fairfax
- Address: 10426 Main Street, Fairfax, VA
Hot N Juicy Crawfish
- Address: 116 W Broad Street, Falls Church, VA
On the side of the building, there is a LOVE mural.
LOVE Signs from Washington, D.C. to Leesburg
Reston Station
- Address: 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston, VA 20190
Located at Reston Station, artisan Dylan Myers created the nearly 4-ton LOVE sign with glass fiber concrete and steel rods. Each of the four letters has been mounted 18 inches above the base to look like the letters are floating.
Leesburg Northside Park
- Address: Harrison St. SE, Washington & Old Dominion Trail, Leesburg, VA 20175
In Historic Leesburg, at the entrance to Northside Park and along the 45-mile Washington and Old Dominion Trail, you will find a 7-foot tall and 17-foot long metal LOVE sculpture. The sculptor used a variety of bike parts to create the sculpture.
MOD Pizza
- Address: 19855 Belmont Chase Drive, Suite 125, Ashburn, VA
Stop in for a Pizza and enjoy their LOVE mural.
Old Lucketts Store
- Address: 42350 Lucketts Road, Leesburg, VA
Seldens Landing Elementary School
- Address: 43345 Coton Commons Drive, Leesburg, VA
White’s Ferry Manor
- Address: 42476 Whites Ferry Road, Leesburg, VA 20176
You will find an all white LOVE sign in the middle of a grassy field at White’s Ferry Manor. This elegant property is a rustic wedding venue, so before you pop on over to take a picture with their LOVE sign, contact them to make sure it is ok to come at a designated time. Barging into the middle of a wedding party would NOT be showing the LOVE!
Oak Marr RECenter
- Address: 3200 Jermantown Road, Oakton, VA 22124
The Oak Marr RECenter’s LOVE sign reminds you of a spring flower bouquet with a purple L, pink V, red E, and the O created from seven blue and yellow circles to create a flower.
