Advertisement

Advertisement

© 2025 Mapquest Holdings LLC
© HERE
Privacy
Legal
About Our Ads
Do Not Sell or Share my Personal Data
Hotels
Hotels
Food
Food
Shopping
Shopping
Coffee
Coffee
Grocery
Grocery
Gas
Gas

Sterling, VA

Advertisement

Advertisement

Sterling, VA

Sterling Map

Sterling, Virginia is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia. The population as of the 2010 Census was 27,822. It is located northwest of Herndon, east of Ashburn, and west of Great Falls, and includes part of Dulles International Airport and the former AOL corporate headquarters. Sterling is also home to the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office (serving the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area), as well as the Sterling Field Support Center, the National Weather Service test, research, and evaluation center for weather instruments.

In the beginning of 1962, large farms made up the 1,762 acres (7.13 km2) of what today is called Sterling Park. Route 7, also known as Leesburg Pike, bordered what used to be Jesse Hughes's dairy farm. Hughes arrived in Loudoun County in the early 20th century and was a longtime head of the county's Democrats. Tavenner had purchased land from Albert Shaw Jr., who had inherited it from his father Albert B. Shaw, editor and publisher of the American Review of Reviews. One of Shaw's spreads, totaling 1,640 acres (6.6 km2), was called "The Experimental Farm", because he was the first area farmer to receive a U.S. grant for applying "scientific methods", as Tavenner called them. According to Tavenner, "White Russians", refugees from the Soviet Union, ran the farm when Shaw stayed in New York City.

Dulles International Airport and the extension of water and sewer lines to the airport began to change the landscape when construction started in 1959.

Nearby cities include Vienna, Leesburg, Potomac, North Potomac, Centreville.

Places in Sterling

Dine and drink

Eat and drink your way through town.

LOGO

McDonald's

49

$

Open until 12:00 AM

Taco Bell

29

$

Opens at 9:00 AM
LOGO

Pizza Hut - Closed

Opens at 11:00 AM
Got a Sope to go.  Delicious!  Lots of beef and yummy toppings.

Masa Luna

27

$$

Opens at 7:00 AM

Can't-miss activities

Culture, natural beauty, and plain old fun.

8-14-21 Godspell 2pm Matinée Amazing performances

Sterling Playmakers

1

Heritage Farm Museum

10
Opens at 9:30 AM
Photo by COTraveller33

Crooked Run Fermentation

231

$$

Opens at 11:30 AM
Visitor's Center

Claude Moore Park

Opens at 7:00 AM

Places to stay

Hang your (vacation) hat in a place that’s just your style.

SpringHill Suites by Marriott Dulles Airport

67

$$

Opens at 6:00 AM
Photo by weekendwonder1

Hula Inn

20

$

Opens at 11:00 AM

TownePlace Suites Dulles Airport

Open until 12:00 AM
LOGO

Holiday Inn Washington-Dulles Intl Airport by IHG

Open until 12:00 AM
See a problem?
United States›Virginia›Sterling, VA

Advertisement

Advertisement

  • Get directions
  • MapQuest Travel
  • Route Planner
  • Print your map
  • Get help
  • Search the web
  • Send feedback
Learn more about our mobile apps.
  • Android app Google Play
  • Download on the App Store
  • Download on the Amazon Appstore
  • Enterprise solutions
  • Claim your business
  • Developer resources
  • Jobs
  • Advertise with us
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Data and licenses
  • About our ads
  • Do not sell