THE PAGE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys setting.
Page County has 310 square miles of land in Virginia. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Page County: Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Igneous Ridges, Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges, among others.
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.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Page County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys37.8%
- Northern Igneous Ridges23.6%
- Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges15.6%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges14.4%
- Northern Shale Valleys8.5%
Blue Ridge in Page 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 ↗Finding your parcel within Page County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Page County, including Luray, Shenandoah, Stanley. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Page County by land and water
The Census records 3.24 square miles of water within Page County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Page County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Page County has 216.3 times the land area of nearby Stanley town (1.43 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Greene County, Madison County, Rappahannock County, Rockingham County, Shenandoah County, Warren County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

