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Shenandoah River access points and trip distances, West Virginia

15 access points (15 public) along 49.6 river miles of the Shenandoah River in West Virginia. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Front Royal Golf Club Boat Landing
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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38.95717, -78.18252 5.9
5.9Morgan's Ford
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38.95783, -78.12171 4.8
10.7Boat ramp near Dry Run (east ramp)
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38.99295, -78.06850 6.3
16.9Berry's
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39.04163, -77.99967 9.4
26.3Lockes
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39.10157, -77.96484 5.0
31.3Castleman's Ferry
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39.12393, -77.89105 6.7
38.1Boat ramp (east ramp)
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39.19833, -77.84993 0.5
38.6Canoe & Kajak access only
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39.20530, -77.84805 4.2
42.8Shannondale Springs WMA
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39.22472, -77.82022 2.6
45.4Bloomery
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39.25421, -77.81485 0.5
45.9Moulton Park
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39.25846, -77.80735 0.9
46.8Big Eddy
About 0.15 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.26351, -77.79105 0.5
47.2Millville
About 0.11 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.25800, -77.78271 1.3
48.5Millville (Below Dam)
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39.27504, -77.78669 1.1
49.6Paddle put-in
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39.29115, -77.78751 end
Data notes: 2 access points are more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Virginia DWR Boating Access, WV DNR Public Fishing Access Sites. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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