Editing Tysons, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Tysons is located at {{Coord|38|55|7|N|77|13|47|W|type:city}} (38.918485, −77.229833) at an elevation of 486 feet (148 m).<ref name="GR3" /><ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Located in [[Northern Virginia]] at the intersection of [[Virginia State Route 123]] and [[Virginia State Route 7|State Route 7]], Tysons is {{convert|11|mi|km}} west of downtown [[Washington, D.C.]], and {{convert|6|mi|km}} northeast of [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], the [[county seat]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Virginia Official State Transportation Map – Cities in Detail | publisher = [[Virginia Department of Transportation]] | url = http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/maps-cityinset.asp | access-date = 2011-07-23}}</ref>

The community lies in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] upland, about {{convert|3.7|mi|km}} south-southwest of the [[Potomac River]].<ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | title = Fairfax County Transportation Plan | publisher = Fairfax County Department of Transportation | date = Oct 2006 | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/TPM_020108v34.pdf | access-date = 2011-07-23 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100714122520/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/TPM_020108v34.pdf | archive-date = 2010-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Piedmont province | work = The Geology of Virginia | publisher = [[The College of William & Mary]] Department of Geology | url = http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/piedmont/piedmont.html | access-date = 2011-07-23 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807090340/http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/piedmont/piedmont.html | archive-date = 2011-08-07 }}</ref> The highest natural point in Fairfax County, at {{convert|520|ft|m}} above sea level, is in Tysons.<ref>{{cite web | title = Water Quality Factors | work = Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan, 2011 edition | page = 23 | publisher = County of Fairfax, Virginia | url = http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/comprehensiveplan/policyplan/chesapeakebay/waterfactors.pdf | access-date = 2011-07-23}}</ref> Wolftrap Creek, a tributary of nearby [[Difficult Run]], forms the community's northwestern border. Two of the creek's tributaries, Moomac Creek and the Old Courthouse Spring Branch, flow north through northwest Tysons. Scott Run, a tributary of the Potomac, flows north through eastern Tysons.<ref name=CountyMap/>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the community has an area of {{convert|4.27|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|4.26|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|km2}} is water.<ref name=CensusPDF>{{cite web | title = Virginia: 2010 – Population and Housing Counts | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-48.pdf | date = July 2012 | access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref>

As a suburb of Washington, D.C., Tysons is a part of both the [[Washington metropolitan area]] and the larger [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]]. It is bordered on all sides by other Washington suburbs, including [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]] to the north, [[Pimmit Hills, Virginia|Pimmit Hills]] to the east, [[Idylwood, Virginia|Idylwood]] to the southeast, [[Dunn Loring, Virginia|Dunn Loring]] to the south, [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]] to the southwest, and [[Wolf Trap, Virginia|Wolf Trap]] to the west.<ref name=CensusPDF/>

===Climate===
Tysons's climate is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Tysons has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=737844&cityname=Tyson's%20Corner,%20Virginia,%20United%20States%20of%20America&units=|title=Tyson's Corner, Virginia Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
{{Wide image|Tysons Pano.jpg|750px|Tysons' skyline at night, 2012}}