For families with soon-to-be college students, Massanutten is no more than an hour’s drive to some of Virginia’s top colleges and universities. Use your Massanutten visit as a central point to visit James Madison University and Eastern Mennonite University, both located near Massanutten in Harrisonburg. Bridgewater College and Mary Baldwin College are less than 25 miles south of Massanutten’s I-81 exit. Only an hour’s drive north on 81 is Shenandoah University in Winchester. Go from Massanutten to see historic Lexington, home to Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. Going the other way, east, the University of Virginia is a short 45 minute trip over the mountain from Massanutten.