Sawmill Run Shelter
Sawmill Run Shelter is a historic site in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 627 m. Trayfoot Mountain stands 1,025 m to the north-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Turk Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 627 m
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 6.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sawmill Run Overlook · 1 mi
- Sawmill Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Turk Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Crimora Lake Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turk Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Goat Ridge: 1.8 mi
- Ramsey Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Calf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Crimora Park: 4.5 mi
- North Park: 5.5 mi
- Constitution Park: 6.2 mi
- Claudius Crozet Park: 6.2 mi
- Rife Park: 6.9 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 13.4 mi
- Bear Statue: 13.6 mi
- Mountain Man: 13.8 mi
- Watering Can: 15.4 mi
- Flower Pots: 15.4 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 3.8 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Mirador: 5.7 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 8.0 mi
- Locust Hill: 11.1 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 6.3 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 6.6 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 10.4 mi
- Augusta Military Academy Museum: 13.3 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 13.9 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 10.4 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 14.9 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 15.4 mi
- Keunen Garden: 15.5 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 15.5 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 6.8 mi
- Coiner Spring: 8.8 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 10.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 14.4 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 14.4 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 10.1 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 10.2 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 14.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 20.6 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 3.8 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 10.5 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 14.2 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 14.6 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 16.1 mi
- Apple Cannon: 5.6 mi
- Endless View Farms: 5.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.1 mi
- Fear Forest: 16.9 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 17.9 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 9.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 18.7 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 22.9 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 10.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 13.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 13.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 15.1 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 19.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.1 mi
- Canada: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Sawmill Run Shelter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trayfoot Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,025 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,010 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | ESE 105° | 964 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | NE 38° | 954 m | 10.6 mi |
| Blackrock | NNE 20° | 944 m | 7.7 mi |
| Calf Mountain | S 173° | 908 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pinestand Mountain | NNE 25° | 906 m | 7.7 mi |
| Turk Mountain | NW 319° | 899 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13393780357
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 18 mi
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