Lake Anne, Reston: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: Fairfax County’s Reston plan, Lake Anne Village Center (enCode Plus) and GIS layers, FCPS 2026-27 attendance areas, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profiles, Zillow Research, Fairfax Connector schedule data and OpenStreetMap.

Lake Anne is where Reston began. “The Lake Anne Village Center was the first part of Reston to be developed and is centered on Washington Plaza, which is adjacent to Lake Anne at its northern end,” Fairfax County’s Reston plan says. The plaza mixes shops and restaurants with apartments and condos, including the Heron House tower, which the plan describes as 9 to 15 stories surrounded by low-rise buildings. Around it are townhouse clusters, apartments and single-family streets running north to Baron Cameron Avenue and Lake Newport.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: South Lakes High at the village center; Herndon High for about a third of the area, on its north side. Check an address on the FCPS boundary locator.
• Home value: $546,007 in ZIP 20190 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest toll road exit: Exit 12, Reston Parkway, about 1.4 miles south in a straight line; Exit 13, Wiehle Avenue, is about 1.6 miles.

Part of our Reston neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The village center itself is about 44 acres, by the county’s Supplementary Planning Areas map layer. The county designated the areas around Washington Plaza as the Lake Anne Village Center Historic Overlay District in 1984, “in recognition of the significance to the community as Reston’s original Village Center,” and named Lake Anne a Commercial Revitalization Area in 1998. The plan’s goals are more homes and daytime workers at Lake Anne while protecting “the historic and architectural quality of Washington Plaza.” The plan also names the Washington Plaza Cluster, by the architects Whittlesey and Conklin, among the most recognized examples of Reston’s early cluster development.

The county plan does not draw a line around the wider village, so this page covers the homes within about half a mile of Washington Plaza. Three-quarters of that land is in ZIP code 20190; the northern quarter, around Lake Newport, is in 20194. OpenStreetMap marks the area as Lake Anne Village. Reston is unincorporated: Fairfax County provides police, fire and rescue. See who to call.

Schools

From the FCPS 2026-27 attendance area maps in Fairfax County’s GIS, laid over the half-mile area. Shares are of land, not students. Every school below is Fully Accredited for 2025-26.

Because the area is split, check the exact address on the boundary locator. More in our Reston schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 20190 was $546,007 in September 2026, up 0.4% from $543,928 in September 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. In ZIP 20194, which covers the northern edge of the area, it was $756,970, down 0.1% from a year earlier. For all of Reston, Zillow’s figure was $622,037. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and each ZIP code reaches well beyond Lake Anne. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From OpenStreetMap and the county plan:

• Lake Anne and Lake Anne Park on its north shore, next to Washington Plaza.
• Lake Newport, at the north edge of the area. The plan says Reston Association owns the Lake House at its southern end.
• Brown’s Chapel Park and Baron Cameron Park, 11300 Baron Cameron Ave., on the north side.
• Hook Road Recreation Area, inside the half-mile area.
• The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Trail, about half a mile south at the edge of the area.

The Reston Community Center at Lake Anne is on Washington Plaza. More in our parks and trails guide and walking and biking trails guide.

Getting around

• Metro: Wiehle-Reston East station is about 1.5 miles and Reston Town Center station about 1.6 miles from Washington Plaza, measured in a straight line.
• Toll road: Exit 12 (Reston Parkway) or Exit 13 (Wiehle Avenue) on the Dulles Toll Road (Route 267), by the exit numbers in OpenStreetMap.
• Reston Town Center: about 1.8 miles by road.
• Airports: about 9.4 miles to Washington Dulles International and 23.6 miles to Reagan National. Downtown Washington: about 22.3 miles to Metro Center. These are distances on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Buses: Fairfax Connector routes 558 and 574 and the RIBS 1 and RIBS 3 loops stop within the area, according to the county’s schedule data. See Connector schedules.

More in our getting around guide.

Homeowners associations

“Most of the area outside of the TSAs is governed by one of the larger homeowners’ associations in the United States, Reston Association,” the county’s Reston plan says, and the Lake Anne section notes open space at the village center owned by Reston Association. Ask a seller or landlord which association covers an address.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap lists no supermarket or pharmacy inside the area. The nearest are:

• Harris Teeter, Spectrum Center, off Reston Parkway, about 0.8 mile west
• Giant and Giant Pharmacy, 1450 North Point Village Center, about 0.9 mile northwest

How we drew this area

Lake Anne Village Center is one of five village centers in Fairfax County’s Comprehensive Plan for Reston. Because the plan does not map the village around it, this page uses the homes within about half a mile of Washington Plaza, from the county’s shopping centers layer, inside the Reston plan boundary. School and ZIP shares come from laying the FCPS attendance areas and the county ZIP code map over that circle. Park and store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Lake Anne in Reston?

On the north side of Reston, around Washington Plaza at the north end of Lake Anne, off North Shore Drive and Village Road. Baron Cameron Avenue crosses the north side of the area, and Reston Parkway and Wiehle Avenue are to the west and east.

What schools serve Lake Anne in Reston?

Lake Anne Village Center itself is zoned for Lake Anne Elementary, Hughes Middle and South Lakes High in FCPS’s 2026-27 maps. Within half a mile, the elementary zones split among Lake Anne, Aldrin and Forest Edge, and about a third of the area, on its north side, goes to Herndon Middle and Herndon High.

Is Lake Anne a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Lake Anne is Reston’s first village center, a county historic overlay district since 1984, with apartments, condos and townhouses on the lake and Lake Anne Park and the W&OD Trail nearby. All its zoned schools are Fully Accredited for 2025-26, and Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 20190 at $546,007 in September 2026.

Is Lake Anne a historic district?

Yes. Fairfax County designated the areas around Washington Plaza as the Lake Anne Village Center Historic Overlay District in 1984, its Reston plan says, and made Lake Anne a Commercial Revitalization Area in 1998.