Fox Dam
Fox Dam is a dam in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Fox Dam is situated nearby to the village Difficult Run, as well as near the town Oakton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Firearms Museum and Fair Oaks Mall.
National Firearms Museum
Museum
The NRA National Firearms Museum is a museum located at the NRA Headquarters Building in Fairfax County, Virginia. Approximated 2,500 guns are displayed in 15,000 square feet. National Firearms Museum is situated 2 miles south of Fox Dam.
Fair Oaks Mall
Shopping center
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Fair Oaks Mall is a shopping mall in the Fair Oaks census-designated place of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, just northwest of the independent city of Fairfax. Fair Oaks Mall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fox Dam.
Flint Hill School
School
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Flint Hill School, founded in 1956, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school, in Oakton, Virginia, serving grades JK–12. The school has separate upper and lower school campuses about a mile apart in Fairfax County, approximately 20 miles from Washington, D.C. In 2025, Niche ranked Flint Hill School 9 out of 2,489 private schools in the United States, making it the best in Virginia. Flint Hill School is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fox Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Difficult Run and Oakton.
Difficult Run
Village
Difficult Run is a census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 10,600 at the 2020 census.
Oakton
Town
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Oakton is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 36,732 at the 2020 census. Located in Northern Virginia, its center is 16 miles west of Washington, D.C.… Oakton is situated 2 miles southeast of Fox Dam.
Fair Oaks
Village
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Fair Oaks is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 34,052. It encompasses a large area west of the city of Fairfax, centered on Fair Oaks Mall. Fair Oaks is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fox Dam.
Fox Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States of America
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89168° or 38° 53′ 30″ northLongitude
-77.33249° or 77° 19′ 57″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
87C4VMR9+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 356577499OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Fox Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fox Dam”
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