The closest shopping center to Dahlgren is the Food Lion Shopping
Center about one mile from the main gate. It has a grocery store,
drugstore, Subway Restaurant, hair salon, and video rental
store.
The two largest malls in the area are in
Fredericksburg, VA and Waldorf, MD both within a 35-mile drive of the base.
Virginia levies a 4.596% state-level general sales tax on consumers,
that is the second lowest in the nation among states with sales tax.