Wintergreen Resort & The Surrounding Areas

Shamokin Falls, near Split Rock Trail

Split Rock Trail is located on the mountain within the Wintergreen Resort, a four-season resort that offers skiing, golfing, hiking, and a recently renovated Spa and Fitness center. For parents traveling with children, Wintergreen also offers a variety of activities and programs for children; visit the resort's website for additional information on its family and children programs and its Out of Bounds Adventure Center, and the Dome. While Split Rock Trail offers a fully-equipped kitchen, there are several restaurants on the mountain offering a wide selection of dining options.

Split Rock Trail is approximately 3 miles from the Mountain Inn and 2 miles from the Wintergarden Spa and is just minutes from all of the Resort's amenities. Please note that although the house is located within the Wintergreen Resort, the fee for access to the resort amenities is not included in the price of the rental. However, we offer passes to our guests that provide a discount off of recreation rack rates (e.g., lift tickets, tubing, and the entry fee to the fitness and aquatics center). We encourage you to call the Wintergreen Resort (www.wintergreenresort.com) to compare their rates and packages so that you can choose the best option for your group.

Surrounding Areas

In addition to the Resort Amenities, there are numerous activities and shopping areas that offer the basic necessities close by.

On The Mountain: Located near the Mountain Inn, the Black Rock Market sells basic groceries and sundries, including wine and beer, and several newspapers. The Black Rock Market also rents videos and sells gas.

Nellysford: Approximately 20 minutes from Split Rock Trail, along Rt. 151, you will find the Valley Green Shopping Center, a small strip-mall containing a small grocery store, an Italian deli (the deli delivers to the resort), a few stores, including gift and craft shops, and relatively new restaurant, Thai-Mex, and a pharmacy. A little further South on 151 (toward the Resort) is Basic Necessities, a small restaurant which sells home-made bread, a variety of wines, and serves lunch and dinner in their limited space. (call for reservations to ensure a table), a True Value Hardware store, and the Blue Ridge Pig, a barbeque restaurant that seats only a few people at a time. Near the corner of Highway 151 and Beech Grove Road are The Ski Barn and The Devil's Backbone Brewing Company.

Waynesboro: About half an hour from our house in Wintergreen, Waynesboro offers restaurants, ranging from fast food to sit down. Waynesboro also has several stores, such as a Super Walmart, and Lowes, Home Depot, Target, and Bed Bath and Beyond.

Charlottesville: For those who wish to travel a little farther from the mountain, Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia, is about an hour from our house in Wintergreen. Not too far from Charlottesville, you can find tours of the homes of Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, and James Madison, as well as Civil War battlefields. The city also offers the "Downtown Mall" (with specialty shops and restaurants), an ice skating rink, and a movie theater complex.

For a list of some additional area attractions, including local vineyards, you can visit the Area Attractions section of the Wintergreen Resort website. You can also visit the official website for Nelson County (www.nelsoncountyva.org), which describes places to go in Nelson County.