Burke Lake
Burke Lake is a 218 acres freshwater reservoir in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is contained within Burke Lake Park, a Fairfax County public park owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paulo Ordoveza, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ekoji Buddhist Temple and Burke Centre Community Library.
Ekoji Buddhist Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: George Mason University Life, CC BY 2.0.
Ekoji is a temple of the Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji-ha Japanese Buddhist sect in Fairfax Station, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. It is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America, the oldest Buddhist organization in the mainland United States.
Burke Centre Community Library
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Burke Centre Community Library is situated 2 miles northwest of Burke Lake.
Burke Centre station
Railway station
Photo: Trevor Owens, CC BY 2.0.
Burke Centre station is a railway station in Burke Centre, Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia. It is served by the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line and a once daily Amtrak Northeast Regional round trip. Burke Centre station is situated 2½ miles north of Burke Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Five Forks and Burke.
Five Forks
Neighborhood
Five Forks is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Originally, Five Forks was a small town located at the "forks" of Old Keene Mill Road and Lee Chapel Road. Five Forks is situated 1½ miles northeast of Burke Lake.
Burke
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Burke is an unincorporated section of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, traditionally defined as the area served by the Burke post office. Burke includes two census-designated places: the Burke CDP, population 42,312 in 2020 and the Burke Centre CDP, population 17,518 in 2020.
South Run
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Run is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 6,389. South Run is situated 1½ miles southeast of Burke Lake.
Burke Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: freshwater reservoir in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia
- Category: body of water
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Burke Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burke Lake (tubiganan sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Burke Lake”
- French: “Burke Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burke Lake Park and Burke Lake Dam.
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