Tower Trail

Tower 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 Tower 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 Tower Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.40487, -79.13786. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Tower Trail

• Wild Oak National Recreation Trail · trek · Augusta · ~13 km · Must-see
• Reddish Knob · viewpoint · Augusta · ~14 km · Must-see
• Ugly Mountain · viewpoint · Preston · ~21 km · Must-see
• Brushy Fork Lake · lake · Preston · ~22 km · Must-see
• Ramsey's Draft Wilderness · sanctuary · Augusta · ~23 km · Must-see
• Evick Knob · viewpoint · Preston · ~24 km · Must-see
• Fort Edward Johnson · fort · Preston · ~30 km · Must-see
• Socrates Mountain · viewpoint · Preston · ~32 km · Must-see
• Socrates Mountain · viewpoint · Pendleton · ~32 km · Must-see
• Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Pendleton · ~33 km · Must-see
• Gypsy Hill Park · park · Preston · ~34 km · Must-see
• Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library · sanctuary · Preston · ~36 km · Must-see
• Shenandoah Mountain · viewpoint · Pendleton · ~37 km · Must-see
• Shenandoah Mountain · viewpoint · Highland · ~37 km · Must-see
• Staunton National Cemetery · sanctuary · Staunton · ~38 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Augusta · ~38 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Preston · ~38 km · Must-see
• Grand Caverns · sanctuary · Preston · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Tower Trail

Other treks near Tower Trail

• Wild Oak National Recreation Trail · trek · Augusta · ~13 km · Must-see
• Massanutten Trail · trek · Shenandoah · ~93 km · Must-see
• Blackwater Canyon Trail · trek · Tucker · ~108 km · Must-see
• Dog Graves Trail · trek · Augusta · ~1 km
• Narrowback Trail · trek · Augusta · ~1 km
• Tillman Trail · trek · Augusta · ~1 km
• Festival Trail · trek · Rockingham · ~4 km
• Sand Spring Trail · trek · Augusta · ~4 km
• Wolf Ridge Trail · trek · Augusta · ~5 km
• Grooms Ridge Trail · trek · Augusta · ~6 km

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