Widows Creek Trail

Widows Creek Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Widows Creek Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Widows Creek Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.39934, -81.07884. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Widows Creek Trail

• Stone Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~2 km · Must-see
• Stone Mt State Park Waterfalls · waterfall · Wilkes · ~4 km · Must-see
• Doughton Park · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~11 km · Must-see
• Camp Raven Knob · sanctuary · Surry · ~27 km · Must-see
• Grayson Glades Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Grayson · ~32 km · Must-see
• New River State Park · sanctuary · Ashe · ~34 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest · park · Wilkes · ~34 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~35 km · Must-see
• Blue Ridge Parkway · sanctuary · Grayson · ~36 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain State Forest · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~38 km · Must-see
• WIFM-FM (Elkin) · lake · Yadkin · ~39 km · Must-see
• Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Carroll · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mount Jefferson State Natural Area · viewpoint · Ashe · ~42 km · Must-see
• W. Kerr Scott Reservoir · lake · Wilkes · ~45 km · Must-see
• Mulatto Mountain · viewpoint · Ashe · ~48 km · Must-see
• Tomkins Knob · viewpoint · Ashe · ~50 km · Must-see
• Pores Knob · viewpoint · Wilkes · ~50 km · Must-see
• Fire Scale Mountain · viewpoint · Watauga · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Widows Creek Trail

Other treks near Widows Creek Trail

• Tanawha Trail · trek · Caldwell · ~89 km · Must-see
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail · trek · Burke · ~107 km · Must-see
• Sauratown Trail · trek · Stokes · ~74 km
• Wolf Rock Trail · trek · Wilkes · ~3 km
• Cedar Rock Trail · trek · Wilkes · ~3 km
• Blackjack Ridge Trail · trek · Wilkes · ~4 km
• Stone Mountain Loop Trail · trek · Wilkes · ~4 km
• Sparta Trail · trek · Alleghany · ~6 km
• Connector Trail · trek · Alleghany · ~6 km
• Cedar Ridge Trail · trek · Wilkes · ~8 km

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