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Sawmill Run Shelter

Sawmill Run Shelter from directly overhead

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

Coordinates38.11465, -78.78898

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Crimora Park: 4.5 mi
  • North Park: 5.5 mi
  • Playground: 5.6 mi
  • Constitution Park: 6.2 mi
  • Claudius Crozet Park: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 41
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 24
Gardens: 17
Springs: 12
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 5
  • 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
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Sawmill Run Shelter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trayfoot MountainNNE 15°1,025 m7.8 mi
Cedar MountainNNE 32°1,010 m8.3 mi
Bucks Elbow MountainESE 105°964 m2.5 mi
Little Flat MountainNE 38°954 m10.6 mi
BlackrockNNE 20°944 m7.7 mi
Calf MountainS 173°908 m2.3 mi
Pinestand MountainNNE 25°906 m7.7 mi
Turk MountainNW 319°899 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:27
June solstice05:5320:0320:42
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:2916:1816:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270757366554537
Precip in3.22.84.13.93.64.53.73.75.53.44.03.0

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13393780357

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