Visiting JKCF

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The Foundation is located in the Lansdowne area, off Route 7 between Leesburg, VA, and Route 28.

Address: 44325 Woodridge Parkway, Lansdowne, VA 20176

Phone: 703-723-8000

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Driving Directions to Foundation Headquarters

If traveling from the west, on Rt. 7:

  1. After Rt. 7 passes under the Rt. 15 overpass, travel 4.2 miles and take the Lansdowne Boulevard exit.
  2. Travel Lansdowne Boulevard until the stop light, where you should veer right onto Riverside Parkway.
  3. Follow Riverside Parkway past the Loudoun County Hospital, and turn left onto Woodridge Parkway.
  4. Travel 100 yards and turn left into the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation headquarters driveway entrance. The parking lot will be directly ahead.

If traveling from the east or from Washington, DC:

  1. Take Dulles Toll Road/ VA-267 W.
  2. Take exit 9B on to Rt. 28. Travel north on Rt. 28 until it ends and merges into Rt. 7 W, towards Leesburg.
  3. Traveling west on Rt. 7, you will go through three lights. At the fourth light (2.2 miles from Rt. 28), turn right onto Janelia Farm Boulevard (located directly across from Ashburn Village Boulevard. If you pass the flags at the Ashburn Village entrance, you have gone too far.)
  4. At the first stop sign, turn left onto Riverside Parkway. Proceed for less than a mile on Riverside Parkway and turn right onto Woodridge Parkway.
  5. Travel 100 yards and turn left into the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation headquarters driveway entrance. The parking lot will be directly ahead.

 If traveling from Baltimore-Washington International Airport:

  1. Go east toward I-195 W and stay straight onto I-195 W for 4.4 miles.
  2. Merge onto I-95 S via exit 4B toward Washington for 19.6 miles.
  3. Merge onto I-495 W/Capital Beltway via exit 27 toward Silver Spring for 19.5 miles.
  4. Merge onto VA-267 W via exit 45A toward Dulles Airport for 1.8 miles
  5. Merge onto VA-7 W via exit 16 toward Leesburg for 15.9 miles.
  6. Take the Lansdowne Boulevard exit.
  7. Travel Lansdowne Boulevard until the stop light, where you should veer right onto Riverside Parkway.
  8. Follow Riverside Parkway past the Loudoun County Hospital, and turn left onto Woodridge Parkway.
  9. Travel 100 yards and turn left into the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation headquarters driveway entrance. The parking lot will be directly ahead.

If traveling from Ronald Regan Washington National Airport:

  1. Go south toward (and stay straight on) Abingdon Drive.
  2. Turn slight right toward US-1/I-66 and turn slight right onto VA-233.
  3. Take the US-1 N ramp toward I-395 N/Washington/I-66 W and turn slight right onto US-1 N.
  4. Merge onto I-395 N/US-1 N toward Washington.
  5. Take Exit 10C on the left and merge onto George Washington Memorial Parkway for 7.1 miles.
  6. Take the VA-123 exit toward and keep right at the fork to go on VA-123 S for 3.9 miles.
  7. Merge onto VA-267 W toward I-495 N/Dulles Airport (Portions toll) for 2.4 miles.
  8. Merge onto VA-7 W via exit 16 towards Leesburg.
  9. Take the Lansdowne Boulevard exit.
  10. Travel Lansdowne Boulevard until the stop light, where you should veer right onto Riverside Parkway.
  11. Follow Riverside Parkway past the Loudoun County Hospital, and turn left onto Woodridge Parkway.
  12. Travel 100 yards and turn left into the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation headquarters driveway entrance. The parking lot will be directly ahead.

If traveling from Washington Dulles International Airport:

  1. Take the VA-28 (exit 9) toward Sterling.
  2. Merge onto VA-28 N via exit 9B toward VA-7/ Sterling.
  3. Turn slight right onto VA-7 W.
  4. Take the Lansdowne Boulevard exit.
  5. Travel Lansdowne Boulevard until the stop light, where you should veer right onto Riverside Parkway.
  6. Follow Riverside Parkway past the Loudoun County Hospital, and turn left onto Woodridge Parkway.
  7. Travel 100 yards and turn left into the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation headquarters driveway entrance. The parking lot will be directly ahead.

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