THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys setting.
Rockingham County has 849.8 square miles of land in Virginia. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Rockingham County: Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs, Northern Shale Valleys, 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
Rockingham County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys47.6%
- Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs25.1%
- Northern Shale Valleys10.3%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges8.5%
- Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges6.2%
Blue Ridge in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County
The atlas lists 15 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Rockingham County, including Massanutten, Massanetta Springs, Elkton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Rockingham County by land and water
The Census records 4.11 square miles of water within Rockingham County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Rockingham County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rockingham County has 1,490.9 times the land area of nearby Linville CDP (0.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Albemarle County, Augusta County, Greene County, Harrisonburg city, Page County, Shenandoah County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

