Berkeley Springs, WV Homes for Rent

When Berkeley Springs was developing into the nation’s first spa in the Colonial era, it was called Bath after the resort town in England. Technically, it’s still named Bath; the region's postal code, a historic state park and centuries of natural spring-driven tourism have popularized the more natural name over the years. Today, as in centuries past, deep forests fill the surrounding Cacapon and Sleepy Creek mountains with wild recreation areas. A modern generation of small businesses maintain the area’s old-fashioned charm and metaphysical mystique. Seasonal and year-round residents continue to flow into this pastoral valley of rural West Virginia that’s only a couple of hours from Washington D.C. “Berkeley Springs is a historic town, and that’s the draw. George Washington visited and took his baths here,” says James Novak, leader of the Novak Team at Mountain Home Real Estate, who has lived in Berkeley Springs for 45 years. “People come to visit in Airbnbs, but what people living here really love is that it’s a small town in a safe, rural county.” Berkeley Springs has inspired creative architecture over the years; a castle famously looms over the town, courtesy of a well-off