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The beauty of Jones Pond is reason enough to stop by. This lake is so wonderful. Not far from Jones Pond, you'll locate Shrader Lake which is a beautiful lake, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Tye River. Get soaked paddling on Buffalo River; if you're here you can play some golf at Shadow Ridge Golf Course. This lake is so wonderful. Piney River Campground is a good campground nearby, and the snow is fine at Wintergreen. Going for a hike on the Mills
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| | Creek Trail is always a great adventure, and dry warm beds await you at Madison Heights Knights Inn. If you need a location to stay Craddock Terry Hotel is a nice choice. This place, Jones Pond, it simply has so much outdoors fun stuff. There is a nice hiking trail close to Jones Pond called the Tolley Gap Trail. Lakes are tremendous; Saunders Pond is a lake that's near Jones Pond. Near Jones Pond you find the White Rock Gap Trail which is a pleasant hiking | |
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trail, and naturally Crawford Creek flows through this area. Jones Pond commonly gets a large amount of precipitation; most of the rain falls throughout October while January is mostly the driest month. At Jones Pond you can catch
a glimpse of Geddes Mountain, and Lake Nelson Campground is a splendid local campground. High temperatures at Jones Pond through the months of summer are in the 80's, and all through summer nights temperatures are in the 60's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in the 40's, and night lows in the 20's for Jones Pond.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 37.63972 Longitude: -78.99194
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Wintergreen, Virginia, 15 miles away 1003 vertical feet |
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Buffalo River, Amherst CountyCounty, 3 miles away Class I-III - 13 miles long (Amherst to Tye River) |
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Tye River, -blank- CountyCounty, 4 miles away Class -blank- - 6 miles long (US 29 to Route 654) |
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Buffalo River, Amherst CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class II - 19 miles long (Forks of Buffalo to Amherst) |
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Tye River
 | Class I-II, nice scenery. Might have difficulty getting to marked put in point. take out point is just before bridge on river right. cars will have to go across bridge and pull off just around sharp right corner. Old rock bridge piling could be climbed (50 ft +/-) with proper protection (most likely top roped).... |
Wintergreen
 | 14 miles away Thanks for having such a great ski resort for us to visit, keep up the great work!...My family loves skiing at Wintergreen here in Virginia. We go there all the time in the winter, it's a good place to ski for all abilities I think, both beginners and experts.... |
Sherando Lake Campground
 | 15 miles away Well me and my family have been going to Sharando Lake ever since I was born and we havn't gone anywhere else I love sherando and I can't wait to go back for another memorable camping weekend!...As close to perfect a camping experience as you can get: 1) Private, secluded, spacious campsites 2)access to flush toilets and showers, 3) a breathtakingly beautiful lake/swim area 4)hiking trails. WORD OF CAUTION: in-season, all sites are snapped up by Thurday noon for the weekend. Come on Sunday for best selection or before Thursday if you want a shot at a campsite. They don't take reservations (as of 8/2006) Wish they would so everyone could have a shot at a weekend camping trip there, not just the locals who can zip in and set a few camping chairs on the sites on Thursday to claim it for the weekend. ... |
Kennedy Fields Campgrounds
 | 18 miles away This is an open field closed to camping.... |
Shenandoah National Park
 | 67 miles away I was there just this last weekend and the fee for two people in a car is now $15... |
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