Shaw Island

Shaw Island: 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 river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Shaw Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

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 Shaw Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.47031, -82.86085. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shaw Island

• Lake Hartwell · lake · Oconee · ~17 km · Must-see
• M60 · attraction · Anderson · ~26 km · Must-see
• South Carolina Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Pickens · ~28 km · Must-see
• Howard's Rock · attraction · Pickens · ~29 km · Must-see
• Ty Cobb · attraction · Franklin · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Russell Calhoun Falls SC · waterfall · Abbeville · ~43 km · Must-see
• Belton Standpipe · attraction · Anderson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Old Pickens Presbyterian Church · church · Oconee · ~45 km · Must-see
• Oconee County Cage · attraction · Oconee · ~47 km · Must-see
• Falls Creek Landing At Keowee · waterfall · Oconee · ~50 km · Must-see
• Keowee · fort · Oconee · ~54 km · Must-see
• Norton Falls on Lake Glenville · waterfall · Pickens · ~54 km · Must-see
• Station Cove Falls Trail · attraction · Oconee · ~58 km · Must-see
• Currahee Mountain · viewpoint · Stephens · ~60 km · Must-see
• Toccoa Falls · waterfall · Stephens · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Yonah · lake · Stephens · ~62 km · Must-see
• Hebron Presbyterian Church · church · Banks · ~63 km · Must-see
• Glassy Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~64 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Shaw Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Shaw Island

• Cedar Shoal · river spot · Anderson · ~58 km
• Paris Island · river spot · Elbert · ~60 km
• Rutledge Shoals · river spot · Laurens · ~64 km
• Bryson City Island Park · river spot · East Tennessee · ~149 km
• Hatton Ford Island · river spot · Anderson · ~1 km
• Andersonville Island · river spot · Anderson · ~2 km
• River Forks Island · river spot · Anderson · ~4 km
• Cemetery Island · river spot · Anderson · ~17 km
• Party Island · river spot · Hart · ~17 km
• Goose Island · river spot · Hart · ~18 km

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