McLean

Few communities in Virginia have identities as closely tied to the growth of the federal capital as McLean. Set beside the Potomac River in Fairfax County, this unincorporated community occupies a wooded stretch of Northern Virginia just outside Washington, D.C. Its name recalls John Roll McLean, the newspaper publisher and railroad investor whose development interests helped shape the area. Langley, within McLean, is known internationally as the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, while the George Washington Memorial Parkway follows the Potomac nearby. Place McLean within Northern Virginia’s wider setting by browsing webcams nearby.

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