BirdTroutOpen the map How to get to the Thornton River, Virginia
No site in VDWR's access file falls on the Thornton River, so the way in is public ground and road crossings rather than a marked landing. 1 block of public land fronts the Thornton River, and 2.6 of its 13.8 mapped miles run through it. The nearest town we map is Waynesboro, 54.0 miles from the river's midpoint in a straight line, with the water north-east of the town.
Nearest towns
| Town | Distance | Direction to the river |
|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro | 54.0 mi | north-east |
Straight-line distance from the river's midpoint, and the direction you would travel from the town to reach it. The roads are not mapped here, so there is no drive time — a travel time nobody measured is the kind of number that gets somebody lost.
Public land on the water
- Shenandoah National Park — National Park Service, 2.65 mi of this river, 193,594 acres in all
Ownership from PAD-US as the state publishes it. Where a block has its own page, the name links to it. The river miles are how far this river's drawn axis runs inside each block, measured here; the acreage is the whole unit's, most of which is nowhere near this water.
More about Thornton River
Thornton River — live water temperature, regulations and access
- Is the Thornton River good for brook trout?
- When to fish the Thornton River, Virginia
- Thornton River fishing report
- Thornton River fishing regulations