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    Beautiful Shrader Lake has much to offer visitors. A great deal of rainfall falls at Shrader Lake; October is the wettest month with most rain, and January is the month with the least moisture. Paddling on Buffalo River is so much fun. There's so much to do here at Shrader Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Lake Nelson Campground is a pleasant spot for that. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Shrader Lake has to offer, you can camp  
   at James River State Park, and the skiing at Wintergreen is brilliant.
If you need a site to stay Craddock Terry Hotel is a pleasant choice; a golf course close by is Shadow Ridge Golf Course. This lake is so wonderful. Nearby lakes? Sure, Early Lake is in the vicinity of Shrader Lake. For the period of the months of summer at Shrader Lake temperatures are frequently in the 80's. Once the sun is down it drops down to the 60's. The winter brings highs down
 
               to the 40's, and overnight lows all through the wintertime for Shrader Lake tend to be in the 20's.
This lake is so wonderful. Get soaked paddling on Tye River, and during your tour here you'll meet some people from Lynchburg for sure. Yeah, come here to Shrader Lake for a pleasant time. Middle Branch Rocky Creek is a stream that you may encounter while you're here; you're most likely interested in lakes, Jones Pond is one of those nearby. After a long day outdoors Madison Heights Knights Inn is a good spot to spend a night or two, and going for a hike on the Tolley Gap Trail is always a great adventure.

 
Madison Heights Knights Inn, Madison Heights
10 miles away
Knights Inn Madison Heights/Lynchburg is AAA Aproved, recently renovated and offers clean and comfortable rooms with 25' TV with remote and expanded Cable TV. Refrigerator and microwave in each room a...

Craddock Terry Hotel, Lynchburg
13 miles away
The Craddock Terry Hotel at Bluffwalk Center is a boutique, residential-style hotel that takes advantage of both its history and its dramatic views of the James River, historic downtown Lynchburg city...

Current weather conditions at Shrader Lake, Amherst County, Virginia
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Local climate location: LEXINGTON 19 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.54222
Longitude: -78.98583

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These outdoors activities are available near Shrader Lake.
 Hotels Near Shrader Lake:
Madison Heights Knights Inn, Madison Heights, 10 miles away
Craddock Terry Hotel, Lynchburg, 13 miles away
Lynchburg Travelodge, Lynchburg, 13 miles away
Holiday Inn Select Lynchburg, Va, Lynchburg, 13 miles away
Appomattox Super 8 Motel, Appomattox, 14 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Shrader Lake:
James River State Park, Gladstone, 8 miles away
Lake Nelson Campground, Arrington, 9 miles away
Paradise Lake Campground, Spout Spring, 10 miles away
Piney River Campground, Piney River, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Shrader Lake:
Wintergreen, Virginia, 20 miles away
      1003 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Shrader Lake:
Buffalo River, Amherst CountyCounty, 4 miles away
      Class I-III - 13 miles long (Amherst to Tye River)
Tye River, -blank- CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class -blank- - 6 miles long (US 29 to Route 654)
Buffalo River, Amherst CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class II - 19 miles long (Forks of Buffalo to Amherst)
 National Parks Near Shrader Lake:
Booker T Washington National Monument, Hardy - VA, 56 miles away
 Trails Near Shrader Lake:
Tolley Gap Trail, Amherst County, 15 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Shrader Lake:
Shadow Ridge Golf Course, Amherst, 5 miles away
Winton Country Club Golf Course, Amherst, 5 miles away
 Lakes Near Shrader Lake:
Early Lake, Amherst CountyCounty, 3 miles away
Jones Pond, Amherst CountyCounty, 5 miles away

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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
19 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....

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