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Featured Neighborhood ... Great Falls, Virginia

	Having lived here for more than 23 years, Marlene loves the splendor of Great Falls.  Great Falls, a uniquely beautiful area of hills, forests, and streams, is about sixteen miles west of Washington, D.C.  Although there are no real boundaries, it is generally considered to be bounded on the west by Loudoun County;  on the east by Old Dominion Drive; on the south by Leesburg Pike, and on the north by the Potomac River.  Efforts to save the countryside from encroaching development have been very successful.
The main road into Great Falls, the Georgetown Pike, winds through the rugged, forested hills, and has been declared a Scenic and Historic Byway by the Virginia Department of Highways.  Georgetown Pike was once called the Sugarlands Rolling Road because tobacco kegs were hitched up to oxen and rolled down to Washington from the tobacco plantations to the west.
	Today, Great Falls is a fast-growing, residential area, limited to single detached homes on half-acre to estate-sized lots with a price range from $360,000 to $3 million.  Basically rural, the area contains much parkland, several significant historic sites including the restored Colvin Run Mill and several colonial period homesteads, and is a haven for horse lovers and privacy seekers.

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