Getting to and from Centreville is easy using one of the three airports in the Washington-Metro area - Washington Dulles, Regan Washington National and Baltimore-Washington. Visitors can easily enjoy Washington DC by using the Washington area Metro subway system. There are several Metro stations convenient to Centreville. Major interstate highways make travel by car convenient as well. Interstates 95, 495 and 66 all crisscross the area and Routes 50, 28, 29, 15 and 7 provide easy access to other destinations

Three professional sports teams give Centreville citizens something to cheer about - the NFL's Washington Redskins, the NHL's Washington Capitals and the NBA's Washington Wizards. Golfers will enjoy Fairfax National Golf Club in Centreville and Pleasant Valley Golfer's Club at Richard Jones Park in nearby Chantilly. In addition, there are numerous other professionally designed and award winning public and private golf courses in nearby towns. There are so many top quality golf courses in Northern Virginia that the area is becoming known as a golf Mecca of the Mid Atlantic region. Fairfax County has over 30,000 acres of parkland with activities including hiking, biking on the famous Washington and Old Dominion converted rail line, and even kayaking on the Potomac.

In addition, Fairfax County has two outstanding performing arts centers, the George Mason University Center for the Arts and Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts. Wolf Trap Park is the only performing arts park operated by the US National Park Service and is the summer home of The National Symphony Orchestra.

Fairfax County began with a land grant in 1649 from King Charles II of England to Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax, for whom the county was named. The Virginia Assembly did not officially form the county until 1741.