Silkwood
Silkwood is a residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Silkwood is situated nearby to Clarke’s Landing Park, as well as near the reservoir Fox Lake.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Firearms Museum and Flint Hill School.
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 2½ miles south of Silkwood.
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 Silkwood.
South Lakes High School
School
South Lakes High School is a public high school in Reston, Virginia, United States. The school serves grades 9-12 for the Fairfax County Public Schools. South Lakes High School is situated 2½ miles north of Silkwood.
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 Silkwood.
Navy
Village
Navy is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 4,327. Navy is situated 2½ miles west of Silkwood.
Silkwood
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89854° or 38° 53′ 55″ northLongitude
-77.33282° or 77° 19′ 58″ westOpen location code
87C4VMX8+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1554623172OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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