Rocky Branch
Rocky Branch is a stream in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Rocky Branch is situated nearby to the town Oakton, as well as near the quarter Vale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Flint Hill School and Louise Archer Elementary School.
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 2 miles south of Rocky Branch.
Louise Archer Elementary School
School
Louise Archer Elementary School is a public elementary school in Vienna, Virginia, United States, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Founded in 1867 as a school for African-American children, it is designated by Fairfax County as an elementary school center for advanced academic programs. Louise Archer Elementary School is situated 2 miles east of Rocky Branch.
James Madison High School
School
James Madison High School is a public high school in Vienna, Virginia and is a part of the Fairfax County Public Schools district. As of the 2024-2025 school year, it had 2,090 students attending and a graduation rate of 96% According to Newsweek magazine's 2014 list of the top U.S. high schools, Madison was ranked 93rd. James Madison High School is situated 2 miles east of Rocky Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakton and Difficult Run.
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 1½ miles southeast of Rocky Branch.
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. Difficult Run is situated 2 miles west of Rocky Branch.
Vienna
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Vienna is a largely residential city of 17,000 people in Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C.. It has a downtown with many small businesses, and a portion of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park hiking and biking trail cuts through the center of the town.
Rocky Branch
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90039° or 38° 54′ 1″ northLongitude
-77.31693° or 77° 19′ 1″ westElevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
87C4WM2M+56GeoNames ID
4782630
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