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Great Falls is located at (38.9981653, −77.2883157) at an elevation of 344 feet (105 [2] [7] Located on Virginia State Route 7 in Northern Virginia, Great Falls is 15 miles (24 km) west-northwest of downtown Washington, D.C., and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) north of Fairfax, the county seat.
Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream from Washington, D.C., on the border of Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia. The Potomac and the falls themselves are legally entirely within Maryland , since the state's border follows the south bank of the river.
Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on 800 acres (3.2 km 2 ) along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County , the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway . [ 1 ]
1909 - Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad extends to Great Falls Park. 1920 - Great Falls Grange established. [8] 1942 - Community fire department is formed. [8] 1945 - Community members begin referring to the Forestville area as "Great Falls" and encourage the name change. [8] 1955 - Area formally renamed Great Falls in local organizations ...
The stream is part of a 57.7-square-mile drainage basin, or watershed, in the north-central portion of Fairfax County, Virginia. Difficult Run flows through Great Falls Park, where it has been characterized as "a miniature Mather Gorge and Great Falls." The stream picks up speed as it runs through a steep gorge with waterfalls, and drains into ...
State Route 193 (SR 193) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Georgetown Pike, the state highway runs 11.79 mi (18.97 km) from SR 7 in Dranesville east to SR 123 in Langley. SR 193 passes through Great Falls and meets Interstate 495 (I-495) in McLean.
Great Falls Park Map; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VA-13, "Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal & Locks, Great Falls, Fairfax County, VA", 5 photos, 2 measured drawings, 45 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
Colvin Run Mill is in Great Falls, Virginia.Built c. 1811, Colvin Run Mill is the sole surviving operational 19th-century water-powered mill in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and its restored mechanism is a nationally significant example of automated technologies pioneered in milling and later adopted across American industry.