TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Barcroft, Virginia

With roughly 9,560 residents, Lake Barcroft is a town in Virginia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 43 licensed TV transmitters: 24 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 31 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 25 at good or strong strength.

21 of them are within 25 miles of Lake Barcroft, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 are more than 45 miles out. Nine of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Washington, DC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Washington's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (WJLA-TV), CBS on channel 9 (WUSA), NBC on channel 4 (WRC-TV), Fox on channel 5 (WTTG), PBS on channel 26 (WETA-TV), CW on channel 50 (WDCW), ION on channel 66 (WPXW-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WZDC-CD), Univision on channel 14 (WFDC-DT) and MeTV on channel 48.1 (WDME-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 9 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna NNE, at about 28°. The main network towers for Lake Barcroft sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WDCW, WRC-TV, WZDC-CD, WFDC-DT and WDME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 7.5 miles northeast of Lake Barcroft (32° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Barcroft at fair strength or better, 88% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Lake Barcroft, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Lake Barcroft is WTTG (Fox), 8.5 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WDCW is only 7.5 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 31 stations at fair strength or better, Lake Barcroft ranks 41st of 381 places in Virginia: more than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 7.5 miles away, against a state median of 21 miles.

33% of Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Baileys Crossroads, 1.4 miles away.