Downtown, 2011
Saumsville’s story
168 years in pictures
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and a map from 1986 on.
- 1858Saumsville is settled
SaumsvilleVA
A town in Virginia.
Land area
0 sq mi
Settled
1858
168 years ago
Is Saumsville a good place to live?
Among 254 Virginia towns, just one has a lower January low than Saumsville. We don’t grade Saumsville yet; the figures below are still real.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Saumsville.
Natural hazards
Saumsville has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
69risk score of 100
The FEMA risk score for Saumsville is 69 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 72% come from inland flooding and 10% from hurricanes.
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingHurricanesStrong wind
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
The climate in Saumsville brings four seasons and pleasant summers
24″snow a winter
A July afternoon gets to about 86° and a January night to 23°, and about 24 inches of snow fall in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
Winter24–45°
Spring40–65°
Summer60–84°
Fall43–67°
Oct 20
typical first frost
Apr 24
typical last frost
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Saumsville
12pages on Saumsville
Out and about
Day to day
Nearby attractions
All 35 attractions →Shenandoah National Park and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Saumsville. Close and well known come first.
12 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
19 mi CaveLuray Caverns27 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
40 mi Ski areaMassanutten Resort22 runs · 1,064 ft vertical18 mi Zoo & aquariumSmithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Massanutten Resort: Arbogastlw at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Getting set up
Moving to Saumsville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Saumsville, and how to reach them.
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
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After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Saumsville
About Saumsville
CDP in Virginia, United States
Saumsville is a CDP in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Saumsville is located approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Woodstock and 8.4 miles (13.5 km) southwest of Strasburg.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 988 ft
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