Alleghany Highlands Local Living Guide
New to Alleghany Highlands, or still weighing it? Start here. What each town is actually like, what homes really cost, and what's going on this week.
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The towns
They're not interchangeable. Open any one for what you'd pay, how the schools rate, and what it's like to live there day to day.
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Alleghany County
The rural county wrapped around Covington. Clifton Forge, Douthat State Park, and Lake Moomaw, with George Washington National Forest across much of the county.
Covington City
A small independent city on the Jackson River where Interstate 64 crosses the Alleghany Mountains. The Highlands' commercial center, anchored by its longtime paper mill.
Botetourt County
Fincastle, Daleville, and Troutville along the Interstate 81 corridor north of Roanoke. The region's suburban growth county, with the upper James River and Blue Ridge foothills.
Craig County
New Castle at the center of one of Virginia's most rural counties, ringed by Jefferson National Forest ridges and crossed by the Appalachian Trail.
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