Shaffer Trail

Shaffer 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 Shaffer 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 Shaffer Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.13600, -79.22750. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shaffer Trail

• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Augusta · ~10 km · Must-see
• Elliott Knob · viewpoint · Preston · ~10 km · Must-see
• Folly Mills Creek Fen Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Preston · ~11 km · Must-see
• Gypsy Hill Park · park · Preston · ~16 km · Must-see
• Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library · sanctuary · Preston · ~17 km · Must-see
• Staunton National Cemetery · sanctuary · Staunton · ~19 km · Must-see
• Tinkling Spring Church · church · Augusta · ~28 km · Must-see
• Shenandoah Mountain · viewpoint · Highland · ~28 km · Must-see
• Mount Joy Pond Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Preston · ~29 km · Must-see
• Wild Oak National Recreation Trail · trek · Augusta · ~30 km · Must-see
• Fort Edward Johnson · fort · Preston · ~30 km · Must-see
• Ramsey's Draft Wilderness · sanctuary · Augusta · ~31 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary's Wilderness · sanctuary · Augusta · ~32 km · Must-see
• Goshen Scout Reservation · sanctuary · Rockbridge · ~33 km · Must-see
• Goshen Pass · sanctuary · Preston · ~38 km · Must-see
• Hayfields State Park · sanctuary · Highland · ~40 km · Must-see
• Crabtree Falls · waterfall · Pendleton · ~43 km · Must-see
• Ugly Mountain · viewpoint · Preston · ~43 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Shaffer Trail

Other treks near Shaffer Trail

• Wild Oak National Recreation Trail · trek · Augusta · ~30 km · Must-see
• Massanutten Trail · trek · Shenandoah · ~126 km · Must-see
• Blackwater Canyon Trail · trek · Tucker · ~140 km · Must-see
• Bobwhite Trail · trek · Augusta · ~1 km
• Boundary Trail · trek · Augusta · ~1 km
• Little North Mountain Trail · trek · Augusta · ~5 km
• Augusta Springs Wetland Trail · trek · Augusta · ~10 km
• Augusta Springs Upland Trail · trek · Augusta · ~10 km
• North Mountain Trail · trek · Augusta · ~12 km
• Cold Springs Trail · trek · Augusta · ~12 km

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