Long layover? Flight delay? These nine urban hiking trails—from a bamboo forest to a wildlife refuge—are all within 15 miles ...

Potowmack Canal, Great Falls Park, Virginia Last Lock Before Drop to the River (1987) Our journey to the present has had its ups and downs. After Washington’s death, the grain mill was built on ...

Great Falls, Virginia: Landmarks of Local Aspirations Capturing and preserving the ever-evolving story of our the village. Great Falls Grange on Great Falls Day, May 5, 2014.

When Erin Lobato moved from Potomac, Md., to Great Falls, Va., she thought she would be trading in one suburban lifestyle for another. Instead, she discovered a close-knit community. “It’s ...

Great Falls is a Census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, with a population of 15,394. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.40% of residents identify ...

Because of prolonged cold weather, pancake ice has formed on the Upper Potomac River near Great Falls. The circular slabs have been spinning and colliding with one another for days while trapped ...

How pancake ice formed on the Potomac River near Great Falls, Virginia. The rare circular ice slabs spun, collided and collected in large eddies because of the prolonged cold weather.