Originally Posted by
Babka
We recently moved to a bedroom community called Round Hill about 3-5 minutes west of Purcellville with lots of new construction going on. Its quieter out there, with WAY less people, and younger families with lots of kids for our young son to play with. The schools are great. Purcellville has the basics, but Leesburg is only about 20 minutes down the road and has everything else. Takes about 30-40 minutes to get to IAD from Round Hill. You can take hwy 7 to 28 to IAD (pretty busy during rush hour) or you can spring for the Greenway which dumps you off right at Dulles. (The tolls are stupid expensive) If I were to venture a guess, the Greenway would save you around 10 minutes on the commute. Feel free to PM me if you have questions.
Try this: Route 7 to 15 south (the exit before you get to the Greenway off the bypass) then a left turn onto Evergren Mills Road. Stay on that until you get to 606/Old Ox Road, make a left. You'll cross over the Greenway... keep going until you get to Ariane Way, right turn and you're in the back side of IAD at employee parking. It's a bit longer but you might save time vs. 7/28 and definitely save $$$ on the tolls.
Another option is Sycolin Road which turns into Ashburn Farm Parkway and then Waxpool Road. Eventually takes you to Route 28 or there are a few roads around the AOL/Raytheon complex across from Wegman's that will get you to Old Ox Road and the airport. Getting to Sycolin from where you're at is a bit of a pain, though, and traffic and lights may be more of a hassle depending on time of day - and the area right around Wegman's can get congested at peak times. I use this route a lot getting out to Leesburg Airport as an alternate to driving out Route 7.
The whole area west of Leesburg is what the Ashburn/Broadlands area was when I moved to the area some *mumble* 20+ years ago. Back then, it was mostly woods and farms once you got west of IAD until you got to Leesburg, and then you were really in the sticks past there
Shoot... the Greenway wasn't even open, and when it did open up, it was two lanes each way.