...om east and west, and, as has been stated, pikes were excellent, though unmetaled roads became heavy after rains. But the glory of the Valley is Massanuttin. Rising abruptly from the plain near Harrisonburg , twenty-five miles north of Staunton, this lovely mountain extends fifty miles and as suddenly ends near Strasburg. Parallel with Blue Ridge and of equal height, its sharp peaks have a bolder and ...