Shady Oak
Shady Oak is an unincorporated community in northern Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Shady Oak is primarily a residential community on the Potomac River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: unincorporated community in the United States
- Description: unincorporated community in Virginia
- Also known as: “Shady Oak, VA” and “Shady Oak, Virginia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennyfield Lock and Great Falls Community Library.
Pennyfield Lock
Canal
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
The Pennyfield Lock and lockhouse are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated in the United States along the Potomac River from the 1830s through 1923. Pennyfield Lock is situated 2 miles north of Shady Oak.
Great Falls Community Library
Library
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Falls Community Library is situated 2 miles south of Shady Oak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Falls and Travilah.
Great Falls
Photo: Rob Shenk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Falls in Virginia, within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the DC beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.
Travilah
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 3½ miles northeast of Shady Oak.
Lowes Island
Village
Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States census was 10,756. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 3½ miles west of Shady Oak.
Shady Oak
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Shady Oak” goes by many names.
- French: “Shady Oak”
- Persian: “شیدی اوک، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “شیدی اوک”
- South Azerbaijani: “شادی اواک، ویرجینیا”
- Turkish: “Shady Oak”
- Volapük: “Shady Oak (VA)”
- Volapük: “Shady Oak (Virginia)”
- Volapük: “Shady Oak, VA”
- Volapük: “Shady Oak, Virginia”
- Volapük: “Shady Oak”
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