Woodland ParkHerndon mailing area · Fairfax County, Virginia

Information Page by Mike Andrew, REALTOR®

Woodland Park

Herndon mailing area · Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodland Park is a mixed-use neighborhood south of the Dulles Toll Road in Fairfax County’s Herndon mailing area. Condominiums, apartments and townhome-style residences sit among office buildings, hotels and the shops at Woodland Park Crossing. Bryson at Woodland Park is one of its residential communities. Sunrise Valley Drive runs through the area, with the Silver Line’s Herndon station providing a nearby rail connection.

Aerial photograph of Woodland Park Crossing shops and Bryson condominium buildings in 2023.
Aerial photograph: Woodland Park Crossing (left) and Bryson at Woodland Park (right), acquired October 11, 2023. This is a view of part of the area, not a neighborhood boundary.Photo: USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), served by USGS · Public domain (USDA NAIP) · RGB aerial export; complete photographic frame retained. No scene elements altered.

Homes, shops and workplaces

Woodland Park combines residential communities with workplaces, hotels and shopping. Woodland Park Crossing brings grocery shopping and other businesses into that mix, while Bryson at Woodland Park and Woodland Park Apartments represent different kinds of residential property nearby.

The county’s Woodland Park/Great Oak planning district also includes the adjacent Great Oak subdivision, with detached houses and townhouses. That planning district is a broader geographic description, rather than the name of one condominium or homeowners association. This guide focuses on Woodland Park and uses nearby places for context.

Bryson and the wider housing mix

Bryson at Woodland Park is a condominium community on Centre Park Circle. Woodland Park Apartments, based on Elm Tree Drive, offers rental apartments, loft layouts and two- and three-bedroom townhome plans. The wider setting therefore includes both condominium ownership and rental housing, in buildings with different layouts and management arrangements.

The individual property or association determines parking arrangements, maintenance responsibilities and access to its facilities. The shared Woodland Park name does not establish one set of neighborhood-wide amenity privileges. Nearby Great Oak’s detached houses and townhouses belong to a separately named subdivision within the county’s larger planning district.

Finding the right entrance and property

Several places share the Woodland Park name. These references help with two practical details: reaching the correct side of the station and identifying an individual residential community.

The south side of Herndon station

Herndon station has entrances on both sides of the Dulles corridor. Woodland Park approaches from the south, where the station map shows the south pavilion, garage and connecting walkways. Use that map to plan the route from a particular building; the station’s published address alone can point you toward its north side.

WMATA: Herndon station vicinity map

Bryson is a specific community

Bryson at Woodland Park is a condominium community in the McNair area of Herndon. Selected units are owned by the county housing authority through its rental program. Bryson is a distinct property within the broader neighborhood; use the actual community name when asking about a unit, management or access to facilities.

Fairfax County housing authority: Bryson at Woodland Park

Woodland Park and the surrounding roads

Woodland Park is south of the Dulles Toll Road in Fairfax County’s Herndon mailing area. Sunrise Valley Drive connects its residential and commercial areas; Herndon Metro station is north of Sunrise Valley Drive along the Dulles corridor.

The dot locates Centre Park Circle at Bryson for orientation within the wider Woodland Park area. It does not mark a neighborhood or association boundary.

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Woodland Park road-context map south of the Dulles Toll Road, with a reference point on Centre Park Circle near Bryson. No neighborhood or association boundary is shown.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reference point on Centre Park Circle: OpenStreetMap way 361462812, corroborated with the Fairfax County housing authority’s Bryson location link. For general reference. Map data.

A few local details

A shopping center on two levels

Woodland Park Crossing was built in 2007 with commercial space on both the ground floor and second story, as well as a grocery store and surface and structured parking. Its layout is more layered than a single row of storefronts.

Fairfax County: Woodland Park Crossing background

A relatively recent rail connection

Herndon was one of six stations added when the Silver Line extension opened on November 15, 2022. That extension also brought Metrorail service to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County.

WMATA: Silver Line extension opening

Tree names in the housing directory

Woodland Park Apartments uses names such as Birch, Maple and Magnolia for apartments, Chestnut and Dogwood for lofts, and Cedar, Redwood and Spruce for townhome plans. The names identify different layouts within the same rental property.

Woodland Park Apartments: named floor plans

Signs, platform and track at the nearby Herndon Metro station.
Herndon Metro station platform, photographed in November 2022. The station is a nearby transportation resource north of Sunrise Valley Drive.Photo: Mint0ri · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia thumbnail resized from the original; responsive layout may crop the view. No scene elements altered.

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Shopping, rail and nearby public space

Woodland Park questions

Is Woodland Park the same as Bryson?

Bryson at Woodland Park is one condominium community. Woodland Park is the broader mixed-use area around it, with other housing, shops and workplaces.

Is this inside the Town of Herndon?

Woodland Park is in unincorporated Fairfax County south of the Dulles Toll Road. Its Herndon mailing address does not mean that it is within the incorporated Town of Herndon.

What does Woodland Park/Great Oak mean?

It is a Fairfax County planning-district name that includes Woodland Park and the adjacent Great Oak subdivision. It does not identify a single association or condominium.

Which side of Herndon station is closest to Woodland Park?

Woodland Park is south of the Dulles corridor. Start with the south pavilion on WMATA’s station vicinity map, then check the walking route from the particular property. The north pavilion is on the other side of the highway.

Sources

For current community rules and services, use the relevant association or government source.

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