Main Trail

Main 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 Main 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 Main Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.03921, -78.54739. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Trail

• Mount Jefferson · viewpoint · Albemarle · ~3 km · Must-see
• Mount Jefferson · viewpoint · Charles · ~3 km · Must-see
• Homer · attraction · Albemarle · ~5 km · Must-see
• Foster Site · fort · Charles · ~5 km · Must-see
• Market Street Park · park · Albemarle · ~7 km · Must-see
• Court Square Park · park · Albemarle · ~8 km · Must-see
• Woolen Mills Chapel · church · Charles · ~10 km · Must-see
• Monticello · church · Charles · ~11 km · Must-see
• Pantops Mountain · viewpoint · Charles · ~12 km · Must-see
• James Monroe's Highland · attraction · Albemarle · ~13 km · Must-see
• Sugar Hollow · viewpoint · Charles · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mirador · viewpoint · Albemarle · ~23 km · Must-see
• Emmanuel Episcopal Church · church · Albemarle · ~24 km · Must-see
• Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District · park · Fluvanna · ~40 km · Must-see
• Humpback Rocks · viewpoint · Augusta · ~40 km · Must-see
• Deep Run Ponds Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Preston · ~41 km · Must-see
• Grand Caverns · sanctuary · Preston · ~44 km · Must-see
• Tinkling Spring Church · church · Augusta · ~48 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Trail

Other treks near Main Trail

• Wild Oak National Recreation Trail · trek · Augusta · ~87 km · Must-see
• Massanutten Trail · trek · Shenandoah · ~108 km · Must-see
• Foxhaven Run · trek · Albemarle · ~1 km
• Butterfly Trail · trek · Albemarle · ~1 km
• Ragged Mountain Upper Loop · trek · Albemarle · ~2 km
• Ragged Mountain Lake Front Loop · trek · Albemarle · ~2 km
• Rivanna Trail (RTF) · trek · Albemarle · ~6 km
• Rivanna Trail Loop · trek · Albemarle · ~6 km
• Red Trail · trek · Albemarle · ~9 km
• Saunders-Monticello Trail · trek · Albemarle · ~10 km

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