Pleasant Valley in Virginia
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Enola Gay

Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy target in a war. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction.

Located at 38.9108, -77.4442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Individual aircraft of World War II, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, History of Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States bomber aircraft 1940–1949, Boeing aircraft, Manhattan Project, Individual aircraft in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution

National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), located in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the CIA, NSA, DIA and NGA, to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. It designs, builds, and operates the spy satellites of the United States government, and coordinates the analysis of aerial surveillance and satellite imagery from several intelligence and military agencies.

Located at 38.882, -77.452 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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National Reconnaissance Office, United States Department of Defense agencies, United States intelligence agencies, Mass surveillance, Organizations established in 1961

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The 760,000 square feet facility was made possible by a US$65 million gift in October 1999 to the Smithsonian Institution by Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, an immigrant from Hungary and co-founder of the International Lease Finance Corporation, an aircraft leasing corporation.

Located at 38.9114, -77.4441 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Aerospace museums in Virginia, Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia, American national museums in Virginia, Smithsonian Institution museums, Space Shuttle tourist attractions, Smithsonian Institution Archives related, Museums established in 2003, 2003 establishments in the United States

Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Westfield High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, west of the Chantilly CDP. It is a part of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), serving students from the communities including Chantilly and Centreville as well as areas with Herndon addresses in grades 9–12. Opened in 2000, it is the head of the Westfield High School Pyramid in Cluster VIII.

Located at 38.8864, -77.4649 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Public high schools in Virginia, High schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League teams, Educational institutions established in 2000

Sully Historic Site

Sully Historic Site, more commonly known as Sully Plantation is in Chantilly, Virginia. The main house was built 1794–1799 by Richard Bland Lee, Northern Virginia's first Representative to Congress first elected in 1789, as well as a brother of Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee III and of Charles Lee, Attorney General of the United States under both George Washington and John Adams. He is also an uncle of Robert E. Lee.

Located at 38.8914, -77.4436 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Houses in Virginia, Museums in Fairfax County, Virginia, Lee family residences, Historic house museums in Virginia, Plantations in Virginia, Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia, Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia, Houses completed in 1799, National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County, Virginia

Schneider Crossroads, Virginia

Schneider Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. State Route 620 and State Route 609 cross here and it is located 5.3 miles northwest by road from Centreville. It contains little more than a florists' and a site called Cox Farms. Pleasant Valley Golf Club lies to the northeast. The crossroads is a major traffic bottleneck, with traffic flow currently managed by four-way stop signs.

Located at 38.8814, -77.4856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Fairfax County, Virginia