The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia is just 60 miles from D.C. and Baltimore, but a world apart from the hassles of city living. New residents cite "quality of life" as their primary motivation for moving here. Property taxes, real estate costs, and cost of living are a fraction of those of the D.C. suburbs.

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We are bound on the north by the Potomac River, and on the east by the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The Blue Ridge mountains dominate most of the County's viewscape. Our average maximum temperature is 65.5 and the minimum average temperature is 42.6. Average yearly precipitation is 36 inches and the typical yearly snowfall is 24 inches.