Mason Neck Virginia Map

About Mason Neck, Virginia

Mason Neck is a locality in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,025. The population density is 56.4 people per km². Mason Neck is located at 38.6510°N, 77.1705°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22079.

Mason Neck reveals itself as a quiet peninsula of dense woodlands and freshwater wetlands, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Kanes Creek as it winds toward the interior. It lies 3.7 miles east of Woodbridge, VA (from Woodbridge, VA: bearing 93°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Dale City. The landscape is characterized by a low-lying, verdant topography where the heavy humidity of summer hangs thick among the oaks and tulip poplars, muffling the sounds of the surrounding woods. Within the protected boundaries of Mason Neck State Park, the terrain remains largely undisturbed, offering a dense, leafy canopy that creates a cool, shadowed atmosphere even at midday. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally haunts the horizon, providing a distant, jagged anchor to an otherwise flat and forested horizon.

History lingers here not in grand monuments, but in the deliberate preservation of the land that once sustained early agricultural settlements. The local economy has shifted from those colonial-era farmsteads to a modern, quiet stewardship, where the primary objective is the maintenance of wildlife habitats and the protection of the diverse species that thrive in this sheltered enclave. While residents may look toward the distant bustle of the regional tech corridors for their livelihoods, the daily rhythm here is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the quiet migration of birds through the undergrowth. For those seeking a sense of scale, the distant Burnt Pine Trail serves as a reminder of the vast, interconnected wildness that exists beyond the immediate quietude of the park’s interior.

About This Mason Neck Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mason Neck, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.651011, -77.170525. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mason Neck includes the ZIP code (22079), telephone area code (571, 703), county seat of Fairfax County (Fairfax), and school district assignment (Fairfax County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.