Destinations · Virginia
Sterling
VA · 39.0061, -77.4286
Old Georgetown Pike, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway and Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway are 3 of 10 signed byways within 30 miles of Sterling, Virginia.
Understand
Sterling, then Sterling Park or just "The Park", was founded in 1961 by the M.T. Broyhill & Sons Corporation, who bought nearly of farmland. The homes were intended to be much cheaper than homes in Fairfax County, along with amenities and commuter trains carrying workers the half-hour to Washington.
The same roads run past Wheaton, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Sterling are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Old Georgetown Pike · 4 mi
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway · 6 mi
- Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway · 10 mi · national
- Antietam Campaign Byway · 11 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway · 13 mi · national
- Historic National Road - Maryland · 27 mi · national
Lookouts
- Overlook rock, lower · 6 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 6 mi
- Red Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 9 mi
Named places
- Cabin Branch Park · 1 mi
- Sterling Community Center Park · 1 mi
- Claude Moore Park · 1 mi
- Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum · 2 mi
- Vestals Gap Park · 2 mi
- Nokes Hill · 2 mi
- Smiths Switch Station · 2 mi
- Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park · 2 mi
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