Your Guide to Buying a Home in Great Falls, VA

Buying a Home in Great Falls, Virginia

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Great Falls is located in Fairfax County

More than any other area in the Washington Metro area, a Great Falls address equals quiet establishment, wealth and stately new homes on five acre parcels. Great Falls is very beautiful with its rolling pastoral countryside and equestrian flair. The affluent 22066 zip code, a favorite of corporate executives, professionals and Virginia gentry, is located between the Potomac River on the North and Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) on the South, with McLean to the east and Loudoun County to the west.

Great Falls is located in Fairfax County.  More than half of the county's employed residents work in the county. With thriving business centers such as Tysons Corner, Chantilly and Reston and a broad spectrum of residential communities, Fairfax County residents enjoy one of the highest levels of quality of life in the nation.

Business taxes generated by commercial development fund some of the finest public services in the country. The Fairfax County Public School System is consistently rated among the best in the nation, with many special academic programs and high test scores and graduation rates. The Fairfax County Public Library System is the largest public library system in Virginia with a total circulation topping 2 million items a year.

Fairfax County offers its residents a broad range of historical and entertainment options, including George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. The nation’s only national park for the performing arts, Wolf Trap Farm Park, is in Fairfax County.

Fairfax County residents also take advantage of nearby cultural and recreational outlets. To the east there is the Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean beaches, and the monuments, museums and nightlife in Washington, D.C. To the west are the famed Blue Ridge Mountains. To the south are the Civil War battlefields surrounding Manassas, Fredericksburg and Richmond.

Fairfax County has a lot to offer—a dynamic business community, affordable housing, an abundance of recreational opportunities and proximity to Washington, D.C., the mountains and the beaches

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