• Take the ORANGE line to the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail Stop.  (Click here for the Metrorail Info.)  At the top of the escalator, turn left to the NORTH parking lot to the CUE buses.
• Take the GREEN - 1 route.  At Main St. and Pickett Road (Fair City Mall), the bus turns right onto Main Street.  Get off at the second bus stop on Main Street (Whitacre Road) and cross Main Street to the school.    Woodson Adult Education Offices, Woodson Center, FCPS Information Technology Offices, the Woodson Attendance Office and Clinic have entrances on Whitacre Road.  Woodson High School's other offices face Main Street.  (Click here for CUE information.)

Woodson is served by the CUE GREEN-1 and GREEN-2 lines. (Click here for CUE information.)  Woodson is also served by Metrobus Routes 29K which travels along Main Street in front of the school and 29N which comes within one block at the intersection of Main Street and Pickett Road.  (Click here for Metrobus information.)

• Take Exit 52A from the Beltway, Virginia Route 236 West, Little River Turnpike, towards Fairfax.  Follow Route 236 Westbound for a total of 3.3 miles.   (Note in about 3 miles, Route 236 becomes Main Street, as it enters the City of Fairfax.)
• Shortly after entering the City of Fairfax you will see Fair City Mall on your RIGHT.
• Immediately after Fair City Mall, turn LEFT at a traffic light onto Whitacre Road.
• Once on Whitacre, there are three driveway entrances:
• Use the third entrance for athletic fields.
• Use the second entrance for GED, Driver's Ed, the Woodson Adult High School, the Woodson Center, FCPS Department of Information Technology Offices, and for Attendance and Clinic (Nurse's Office.)  This is the most convenient entrance for students dropped off late in the day.
• Use the first driveway entrance for the main office, guidance, and the gymnasium.

From Centreville and Manassas via I-66:  Take exit 57A, US 50 East towards Fairfax and follow directions for US 50 below.

From Dulles Airport, Leesburg, Herndon, and Reston via Virginia Rte. 7 or Virginia Rte. 267:  Take Virginia Rte. 28 (Sully Road) or Virginia Rte. 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) SOUTH to US 50, and take ramp to US 50 East and follow directions for US 50 below.

From Chantilly via US Route 50:

• Head inbound towards Washington, DC on US Route 50 East (Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway).
• Just after the traffic light for Jermantown Road you will come to the junction of US 29, US 50, and Virginia Route 236.  There will be an Office Depot on the right at this intersection.  Follow signs for Route 236 East, which will take you straight through the intersection.  Mark your odometer.  Follow Route 236 (Main Street) for 2.5 miles through Old Town Fairfax City. 
• Just before you get to Woodson, you will pass a townhouse complex on the right called Woodson Square.  The next traffic light is Whitacre Road.  Turn right onto Whitacre Road. 
• Once on Whitacre, there are three driveway entrances:
• Use the third entrance for athletic fields.
• Use the second entrance for GED, Driver's Ed, the Woodson Adult High School, the Woodson Center, FCPS Department of Information Technology Offices, and for Attendance and Clinic (Nurse's Office.)  This is the most convenient entrance for students dropped off late in the day.
• Use the first driveway entrance for the main office, guidance, and the gymnasium.

Take I-395 South towards Richmond.  Do not use the Express Lanes.  Proceed to Exit 3B (Virginia Route 236 West / Little River Turnpike). Follow Route 236 Westbound for a total of 7.8 miles.  (After about 7.5 miles you enter the City of Fairfax where Route 236 becomes Main Street.)

Shortly after entering the City of Fairfax, you will see Fair City Mall on your RIGHT.

Immediately after Fair City Mall, turn LEFT at a traffic light onto Whitacre Road.

Once on Whitacre, there are three driveway entrances:

Use the third entrance for athletic fields.

Use the secondentrance for GED, Driver's Ed, the Woodson Adult High School, the Woodson Center, FCPS Department of Information Technology Offices, and for Attendance and Clinic (Nurse's Office.)  This is the most convenient entrance for students dropped off late in the day.

Use the first driveway entrance for the main office, guidance, and the gymnasium.

Alternate Route from Washington, D.C. / Arlington, VA.:

Take I-66 West (Theodore Roosevelt Bridge) into Virginia.  Proceed on I-66 West to Exit 64.  Follow directions for I-495 (Capital Beltway) South towards Richmond, and follow directions above from the Beltway. Note: Only carpools may use I-66 Westbound during afternoon rush hour.

Virginia Route 236 originates in the City of Alexandria as Duke Street, and changes names to Little River Turnpike near the interchange with I-395. Visitors from Alexandria may take Duke Street westbound.  Follow Route 236 to the Capital Beltway and continue straight on Route 236 following the directions above from the Beltway.

Take Exit 170B on I-95 for I-495 North/Beltway (towards Tysons Corner).  Follow directions above from the Beltway.

Alternate Route Bypassing the Springfield Interchange Reconstruction Zone: Take Exit 160B on I-95 for Virginia Route 123 North.  Follow Route 123 to Old Town Fairfax. This is a total distance of about 14.4 miles.  There take a right hand turn onto Route 236 East, Main Street, and proceed 1.5 miles on Main Street.

Just before you get to Woodson, you will pass a townhouse complex on the right called Woodson Square.  The next traffic light is Whitacre Road.  Turn right onto Whitacre Road. 

Once on Whitacre, there are three driveway entrances:

Use the third entrance for athletic fields.

Use the second entrance for GED, Driver's Ed, the Woodson Adult High School, the Woodson Center, FCPS Department of Information Technology Offices, and for Attendance and Clinic (Nurse's Office.)  This is the most convenient entrance for students dropped off late in the day.

Use the first driveway entrance for the main office, guidance, and the gymnasium.