Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (excluding Massanutten Mountain), to the north by the Potomac River and to the south by the James River. The cultural region covers a larger area that includes all of the valley plus the Virginia highlands to the west, and the Roanoke Valley to the south. It is physiographically located within the Ridge and Valley province and is a portion of the Great Appalachian Valley.GeographyNamed for the river that stretches much of its length, the Shenandoah Valley encompasses eight counties in Virginia and two counties in West Virginia.Frederick County, VirginiaClarke County, VirginiaWarren County, VirginiaShenandoah County, VirginiaPage County, VirginiaRockingham County, VirginiaAugusta County, VirginiaRockbridge County, VirginiaBerkeley County, West VirginiaJefferson County, West Virginia The cultural region includes five more counties in Virginia: