About Great Falls, Virginia

Great Falls is a community of 15,953 people in Fairfax County, on the right bank of the Potomac River. It takes its name from the Great Falls of the Potomac, which lie on its east side. Farm settlements began to form here by the late 1700s.

For years the village went by Forestville, though only informally, because another Forestville already had a post office. In 1955 the name was changed to Great Falls. The old name lives on at the Great Falls Grange Hall and Forestville School, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Washington's canal at the fallsGeorge Washington helped build the Patowmack Canal to carry boats around the falls on the Virginia side, but it never made money as a business. Pieces of the canal, and of Matildaville, the village that grew up beside it, survive today in Great Falls Park. In 1906 the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad brought visitors to the park along Old Dominion Drive.
  • A ring of Cold War defensesDuring the Cold War, a defense complex was built here to guard Washington against Soviet air attack. It was one of thirteen such sites around Washington and Baltimore, along with others at Fairfax and Lorton.
  • Holidays on the Village GreenThe Village Green is where the community gathers. It hosts a Spring Festival with an egg hunt at Easter, celebrations for the Fourth of July, Halloween and Thanksgiving, a Christmas tree lighting and concerts in the summer.

Find your street

Names on the Great Falls map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks14

  • Fraser Preserve
  • Great Falls Park
  • Riverbend Park
  • Deanwood
  • Dranesville
  • Fairview
  • Herndon Junction
  • Hickory Creek
  • Hickory Run
  • Leighs
  • Lexington Estates
  • Mill Run Acres
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  • Old Mill Estates
  • Springvale

Streets and roads206

  • Georgetown Pike
  • Leesburg Pike
  • River Bend Road
  • Springvale Road
  • Walker Road
  • Beach Mill Road
  • Seneca Road
  • Utterback Store Road
  • Old Dominion Drive
  • Holly Knoll Drive
  • Interpromontory Road
  • River Park Drive
  • Arnon Chapel Road
  • Jeffery Road
  • Leigh Mill Road
  • Riva Ridge Drive
  • Chesapeake Drive
  • Weant Drive
  • Rich Meadow Drive
  • Kentland Drive
  • Colvin Run Road
  • Innsbruck Avenue
  • Thomas Avenue
  • Clear Spring Road
  • Carrwood Road
  • Mill Run Drive
  • Falcon Ridge Road
  • Corobon Lane
  • Blacks Hill Road
  • Club View Drive
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  • Great Passage Boulevard
  • Windy Hollow Road
  • Walker Lake Drive
  • Constellation Drive
  • Rolling Holly Drive
  • Keithley Drive
  • Bliss Lane
  • Great Falls Way
  • Runner Road
  • Tralee Drive
  • Brockman Lane
  • Blackberry Lane
  • Miller Avenue
  • Hollyview Drive
  • Milkweed Drive
  • Carol Street
  • Running Brook Drive
  • Cavalcade Street
  • Rolling Meadow Drive
  • Wynkoop Drive
  • Donmore Drive
  • Patowmack Drive
  • Elmview Place
  • Fawn Drive
  • Shesue Street
  • Columbine Street
  • Maria Avenue
  • Minburn Street
  • Yarnick Road
  • Kettle Pond Lane
  • Ad Hoc Road
  • Fairfax Drive
  • Robindale Drive
  • Nedra Drive
  • Sherlin Lane
  • Bell Drive
  • Bowen Avenue
  • Bliss Road
  • Air View Lane
  • Farm Road
  • Haven Lane
  • Crews Road
  • Outlet Road
  • Harriman Street
  • Inglish Mill Drive
  • Falls Run Road
  • Potomac Ridge Road
  • Manning Street
  • Challedon Road
  • Plantation Drive
  • Gouldman Lane
  • Millwood Lane
  • Montpelier Road
  • Cup Leaf Holly Court
  • Millwood Road
  • River Birch Drive
  • Cornwell Farm Drive
  • Lake Windermere Drive
  • Seneca Knoll Drive
  • Martin Redman Drive
  • Akhtamar Drive
  • River Park Lane
  • Hickory Run Lane
  • Seneca View Way
  • Richland Grove Drive
  • Creamcup Lane
  • Shallow Creek Drive
  • Falls Bridge Lane
  • Park Royal Drive
  • Arnon Meadow Road
  • Welham Green Road
  • Potomac Forest Drive
  • Polo Place
  • Walker Woods Drive
  • Clarks Run Road
  • Sycamore Springs Lane
  • Woodland Falls Drive
  • High Hill Court
  • Jefferson Run Road
  • Forest Lake Drive
  • Mill Ridge Lane
  • Squires Trail
  • Patrician Woods Court
  • Fringe Tree Road
  • Crossview Drive
  • Deer Park Road
  • Village Centre
  • Ole Dirt Road
  • Nicholas Run Drive
  • Bucks Lane
  • Lost Acre Lane
  • New Ascot Drive
  • Walker Mill Road
  • Sinegar Place
  • Deerfield Pond Drive
  • Birnham Road
  • Milstead Road
  • Winstead Street
  • Arnon Lake Drive
  • Eaton Park Road
  • Roos Trail
  • Holly Briar Lane
  • Woodleaf Lane
  • Jackson Lane
  • Jordan Lane
  • Brevity Drive
  • River Forest Drive
  • Wolfe Hill Lane
  • Parrish Farm Lane
  • Neuse Way
  • Forest Brook Lane
  • Raehn Court
  • Loran Road
  • Leigh Mill Court
  • Crippen Court
  • Preserve Court
  • Hessick Court
  • Watts Road
  • Aziza Court
  • Pensive Lane
  • Holly Knoll Circle
  • Nalls Farm Way
  • Ellsworth Avenue
  • Sterling Montague Drive
  • Canterwood Lane
  • Thimbleberry Lane
  • Crown Meadow Drive
  • Rossmore Court
  • Runaway Lane
  • Goldsmith Lane
  • Great Cumberland Road
  • Mine Ridge Road
  • Parkerhouse Drive
  • Elizabeth Street
  • Riverscape Run
  • Van Patten Lane
  • Potowmack Street
  • Saint Ives Road
  • Deerfoot Drive
  • Fallen Holly Court
  • Artemel Lane
  • Allenwood Lane
  • Evonshire Lane
  • High Hill Place
  • Beckman Way
  • Blue Ridge Lane
  • Kimberly Place
  • Pamlico Lane
  • Bowen Court
  • Shain Court
  • Aaron Court
  • Fitz Folly Drive
  • Aidan Run Court
  • Commonage Drive
  • Down Patrick Lane
  • Hidden Spring Road
  • Forestville Meadows Drive
  • Deepwoods Drive
  • Mill Field Court
  • Walker Hill Lane
  • Holly Creek Drive
  • Old Holly Drive
  • Wise Owl Way
  • Thomas Run Drive
  • Nethercliffe Hall Road
  • Philip Digges Drive
  • Olde Georgetown Court
  • Springvale Meadow Lane
  • Lagovista Court
  • Lindsay Blake Lane
  • Lily Loch Way
  • Thunderhill Court
  • Mine Run Drive
  • Wincrest Place
  • Jeffery Lane
  • Neha Court

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