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Chantilly: US-50/EB/Rt 28
Among the communities of Northern Virginia, Chantilly stands out for its position beside Washington Dulles International Airport and Interstate 66. This unincorporated Fairfax County community lies on the rolling Piedmont, in the wider watershed of Cub Run, a tributary of Bull Run in the Potomac River basin. Chantilly is home to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, where Space Shuttle Discovery is displayed among major aviation and space artifacts. Its name also recalls the 1862 Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, fought nearby during the American Civil War. Major highways and airport-related development give the area a strongly connected suburban character.
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Formed around the early-19th-century Chantilly plantation, Chantilly grew into a suburban community in western Fairfax County, on Northern Virginia’s rolling Piedmont. The area lies near Washington Dulles International Airport and along U.S. Route 50, a major east–west corridor within the Washington metropolitan area. Sully Historic Site preserves the 1794 home of Richard Bland Lee and recalls the region’s Federal-era estate life. Chantilly also lends its name to the Civil War’s 1862 Battle of Chantilly, commemorated at nearby Ox Hill Battlefield Park. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of Northern Virginia.
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