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Where to Find Little Free Libraries in NoVA

Keep your community’s love of reading alive with a trip to a book-sharing box.

By Michele Kettner June 24, 2024 at 12:36 pm

As you drive around NoVA, you’ve probably noticed Little Free Library boxes scattered across the region. Actually, there are hundreds of registered free libraries around NoVA. The nonprofit organization welcomes volunteers to build their own libraries to help share a love of reading with their community.

You can find them in your neighborhood, at businesses or churches, and even in parks. Readers of all ages are encouraged to take, borrow, and leave books at the book-sharing boxes. Here are 24 Little Free Library locations in Northern Virginia to check out.

To find more libraries near you, explore the Little Free Library map.

Alexandria

Alexandria Country Day School
2400 Russell Rd., Alexandria

United Way Worldwide
701 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria

6500 Princeton Dr., Alexandria

813 E. Timber Branch Pkwy., Alexandria

Arlington County 

Advent Lutheran Church
2222 Arlington Ridge Rd., Arlington

Banned Book Little Free Library
4301 35th St. N. Arlington

Medstar Capitals Iceplex
627 N. Glebe Rd., Ste. 800, Arlington

915 N. Oakland St., Arlington

Fairfax County

Ayr Hill Garden Club
143 Maple Ave. E., Vienna

Little Red Phone Booth
1592 Carlin Ln., McLean

Snoopy’s Little Free Library
6719 Swarthmore Dr., Alexandria

St. Christopher’s Little Free Library
6320 Hanover Ave., Springfield

Sully District Station
4900 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly 

Walker Nature Center
11450 Glade Dr., Reston

Fauquier County

Spilman Silver Little Free Library
Jeffersonton

Warrenton Dentistry
5 Rock Pointe Ln., Unit 100, Warrenton

Ashley Drive Library
7440 Ashley Dr., Warrenton

Loudoun County

Lyndora Park
43624 Lucketts Bridge Cir., Ashburn

Sweet Run State Park
11661 Harpers Ferry Rd., Hillsboro

The Kindness Rocks Project
1715 Graywood Way NE, Leesburg

The Little Red Library of Potomack Lakes
20280 Cascades Pkwy., Sterling

Prince William County

EMH Chapter, DAR
9431 West St., Manassas

Merchant Park & Weems-Botts Museum
3944 Cameron St., Dumfries

MOM’s Organic Market
14470 Smoketown Rd., Woodbridge

The Preservation Station
204 Union St., Occoquan

Want more than books? NoVA is also home to other outposts that use a similar format. There are Free Little Art Galleries, community food pantries, and even a Free Blockbuster. Check out where to find them.

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Michele Kettner

Michele Kettner

Audience Engagement Editor

Michele Kettner joined Northern Virginia Magazine in 2020 after spending two semesters as an editorial intern at the magazine. The University of Maryland graduate is currently the audience engagement editor and covers everything from can’t-miss things to do and holiday events to new restaurant and store openings throughout Northern Virginia.

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