THE BEDFORD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
Bedford County has 760.1 square miles of land in Virginia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Bedford County: Northern Inner Piedmont, Northern Igneous Ridges, Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, among others.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Bedford County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Inner Piedmont76.1%
- Northern Igneous Ridges18.7%
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills3.4%
- Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges1.7%
Blue Ridge in Bedford County
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Read the regional source ↗Ridge and Valley in Bedford County
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Bedford County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bedford County, including Forest, Bedford, Moneta. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bedford County by land and water
The Census records 16.2 square miles of water within Bedford County, or 2.1% of its total area. That share is close to Bedford County’s 2.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bedford County has 68.5 times the land area of nearby Bedford town (11.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Amherst County, Botetourt County, Campbell County, Franklin County, Lynchburg city, Pittsylvania County, Roanoke County, Rockbridge County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

