Just a few years ago, Lovettsville, VA, 53 miles from downtown Washington, DC, was a sleepy little hamlet, tucked into the hills of northern Virginia, a few miles from the Potomac, a land of farms, horses and community breakfasts.
It’s grown and developed, but it still is.
Now, however, sections of hillside, near and extending out from the village, have been carved into gentle streets and luxury homes, with condos that mingle with barns. At the far edge of the DC metro area, Lovettsville has become home to commuters to downtown and northern Virginia’s high-tech corridor, and a quiet retreat, carefully developed so you can still smell the rich green grass after a spring rain. Close your eyes and you might hear the ghost of a horse-drawn carriage. Check outside and you’ll see a couple riding English along a trail
Buy a Lovettsville condo for sale and take advantage of great deals in this new and growing community in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Your Lovettsville condo for sale will increase as the town builds but monitors growth. Lease a Lovettsville condo for rent whether your interest for living there is new Virginia agriculture at farms that grow for top-rated DC restaurants or you’re a scientist in a dot.com in the area for a long-term contract. Make a Lovettsville condo your vacation rental and luxuriate in comfort and style after a vigorous bike ride back from dinner at the Town Center that capped a day’s hike along Skyline Drive for fall foliage. Unlike tourists, you can go when the crowds are down and watch the leaves change and flourish throughout the year.
Drive eight miles west to Harpers Ferry, WV, for an AMTRAK station to downtown DC, Baltimore, MD, or sites nationwide. Washington’s Dulles Airport is 27 miles east with direct access to the Dulles Toll Road from its Greenway. Take the Greenway, too, to Dulles area tech firms, or to park-and-rides, such as in Herndon, VA, 41 miles east, connecting to the Metro subway for jaunts to DC’s Kennedy Center and more.
Live in the mixed-use neo-traditional Town Center and walk to stores and dining. Not far is shopping in Leesburg, 21 miles east, with its huge outlets, well-reviewed restaurants and historical downtown.
Unlike those in the DC area who wade into Loudoun County, where you’ll reside when you lease a Lovettsville condo for rent, for its seasonal events when farms open to the public to show off cows, sheep and alpacas, those farmers will be your neighbors. Perhaps instead of waiting for the farmers’ market, they’ll offer you extras from their large ripe crop of Virginia mushrooms, greens, tomatoes and peaches. Go to pick-your-owns and fill your bushel with blueberries for pies. And, don’t forget jarred jellies your new neighbors near the Lovettsville condo for rent you lease prepared for the winter months ahead. Pack a picnic and find protected, undisturbed lands along the Potomac where you can munch as you watch white water crash against the river bank.
Be first on the list for Patowmack Farm’s organic dinners over the Potomac throughout the growing season. The Farm is fun for kids, too, with its autumn hayrides.
Maybe your child will join the Community Center swim team. Volley at its two lighted tennis courts, play baseball or basketball.
Civil War historians will never tire of events in Harpers Ferry and sites in Leesburg and the countryside. Georges Mill Farm Bed & Breakfast, a Civil War era stone house in the area, is ideal for horseback riding around its 200-acre farm.
A settlement in 1733 of Germans families, hot on the calendar is the Lovettsville Oktoberfest. They’re first, they say, to celebrate Independence Day in the nation, by coming out a day early for festivities. Proud to still be a rural enclave, locals also cherish new neighbors like you.
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