Quiet wooded acreage, unobstructed
views of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains and a
shimmering lake are what bring seniors to Shenandoah, a gated,
active adult (55+) retirement community located in the
gorgeous Shenandoah Valley at the very northern tip of
Virginia. This 942-acre development is 90 minutes
outside of Washington, D.C. and will eventually have 2,130
single family homes, condominiums and town homes.
Shenandoah's Master Plan provides for single family detached,
single family attached (duplexes), condominiums, and town homes. At
this writing, only single family homes are available. Condos and
town homes will be built in later phases of the nine-phase
development. Residences are built by Winchester Homes.
Although this is a 55+ community, some homes are available for those
45 and above (no one under 19 may live in the development on a
permanent basis).
Shenandoah manages to combine a resort-style environment with a
welcoming, neighborly ambiance and works hard to ensure that its
residents feel at home. The 35,000 square foot clubhouse
houses a social club, a media center, restaurants for formal and
informal dining, a library, activity rooms, a bar and a lounge, a
state-of-the-art fitness center, tennis courts and indoor and
outdoor swimming pools. Placid, 120-acre Lake Frederick,
around which Shenandoah winds, is stocked with fish including
Largemouth Bass, Bluegill and Northern Pike. Gasoline motor
boats are not allowed, which helps keeps the lake quiet year-round
(electric trolling motors are allowed).
With a full time activities director on staff, residents have
plenty of planned events, classes and outings to keep them busy;
there are also miles of leafy walking trails, a number of wineries,
historic battlefields, galleries, museums and outstanding
restaurants close at hand. Golfers will appreciate that six
golf courses, including the Winchester Country Club, Jackson Chase,
Bowling Green and Front Royal Country Club, are within a few minutes
of Shenandoah. And with Washington, D.C. so near, residents
enjoy even further opportunities to indulge in a variety of cultural
events, shopping and sporting events. The closest towns to
Shenandoah are historic Stephens City, population 1,145 and
chartered in 1758, and pretty Winchester, population 24,000 and
birthplace of Patsy Cline. Both towns are within a 15 minutes'
drive of Shenandoah. Front Royal, population 13,450 is
the gateway to the Shenandoah National Park / Skyline Drive.
All three towns are within a 15 minutes' drive.
This part of the country is typically hot and humid in the summer
(high temperatures in the 80s and 90s) and cool and damp in the
winter (high temperatures in the 30s and 40s). The sun
shines roughly 50% of the time. Two to three inches of snow
may accumulate during winter months.
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