Bluemont, VA Homes for Rent

In the foothills that fall between northern Virginia’s Clarke and Loudoun counties, sunrises and sunsets paint the Blue Ridge Mountains that tower over the rural community of Bluemont. More than a century ago, railroad tracks shuttled weekend tourists seeking fresh air outside of Washington into a burgeoning resort village. In the modern day, day-trippers are still coming to hike the Appalachian Trail and float up the Shenandoah River, though they’re now relaxing at modern vineyards and picking their own produce at local farms. According to Wesley Smith, a Realtor and Northern Virginia specialist with Pearson Smith Realty, Bluemont has retained its old-fashioned charm intentionally, crafting a scenic, spread-out countryside that makes year-round residents choose to root themselves in the mountains and travel the opposite direction to the nation’s capital for work: “There are some places like Round Hill, the next town east of Bluemont, that are super growth-positive, where they’re putting new construction up on every piece of dirt they can find. Bluemont is super anti-growth. They shut down as many developments as possible, which preserves a much lower density. As a result, it has