Reston
Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.

Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and a principal city of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Reston's population was 63,226.
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Worth seeing in and around Reston
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01ADAMS
All Dulles Area Muslim Society is one of the largest mosques in the United States, located in Sterling, VA and serving 5000 Muslim families. ADAMS offers a wide variety of services.
5.6 km · mosque and religious center in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 02Dranesville Tavern
The Dranesville Tavern that was located in Dranesville, Virginia dates from 1823. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
5.4 km · historic commercial building in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 03NOVA Wild
NOVA Wild is a 30-acre zoo in Reston, Virginia. The zoo features a self-drive-through Safari with zebras, bison, and llamas, and a walking tour with cheetahs, capybaras, kangaroos, sloths, camel rides, and a bird aviary.
4.2 km · for-profit zoo in Virginia, US · Wikipedia - 04Frying Pan Farm Park
Frying Pan Farm Park is a park located in Fairfax County, Virginia. It has a variety of attractions of both a historic and recreational nature.
5.1 km · park in Virginia, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05Frying Pan Meetinghouse
The Frying Pan Meetinghouse or Frying Pan Spring Meeting House) is a historic church building within Frying Pan Farm Park in Floris, Virginia. It was built in 1791 as a church building.
5.2 km · church building in Virginia, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06Church of the Epiphany
The Church of the Epiphany is an Anglican church located in Chantilly, Virginia. It emphasizes "Encountering God through beautiful worship and believing prayer, building a multigenerational congregation that loves children and families and equipping every member to share the good news of Jesus Christ." Notable ministries and activities include a yearly free "Sports Camp" in Herndon for elementary-age students, bi-weekly worship and other ministry activities at the Arbor Terrace memory care home in Chantilly, and monthly donations of food that go home with students in need at Coates Elementary School in Herndon.
4.7 km · church in Centerview Drive Chantilly VA , United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Reston
- Airports
- Washington Dulles (IAD), 9 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 30 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 64 km
- Stations
- Wiehle–Reston East, 2 km · Reston Town Center, 400 m · Innovation Center, 5.9 km · Herndon Depot Museum, 2.7 km
- Baltimore → Reston72 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · $7–10
- Richmond → Reston158 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · $15–20
- Philadelphia → Reston217 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · $20–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Reston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Reston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundReston Paths is an extensive bike/walking path system.
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Next door to Reston
Reston is 29 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Herndontown in Virginia, United States2.9 km
- Florishuman settlement in Virginia, United States of America5.3 km
- Cooktownunincorporated community in Virginia3.8 km
- Floris Historic Districthistoric district in Virginia, United States4.8 km
- Herndon Historic Districthistoric district in Virginia, United States2.5 km