Shenandoah National Park · Virginia

Mathews Arm Campground Trail

0.3 mi of trail, end to end · 2,711 ft–2,869 ft · earth surface · trail class Developed · hiking

Campgrounds

2,728 ft 2,725 ft · 0.1 mi high 2,732 ft

Along the way Mathews Arm Campground

Traces Trail the Park Service's write-up

1-2 Hours · dogs allowed

Start North District (Mile 22.2)

A concrete post at the head of a trail that reads: Traces Trail

A hike that follows a trail around Mathews Arm Campground. Along the way, you’ll see traces left behind by former residents of the area.

Distance: 1.7-mile circuit hike

Difficulty: Easiest (explanation of our hiking difficulty scale )

Hiking Time: 1 hours 15 minutes

Elevation Gain: 333 feet

Hike Description

From the Mathews Arm Campground registration parking area (mile 22.2), take the blueblazed Traces Nature Trail around the campground. It will loop back around to your starting point.

Accessibility This trail does not meet ADA accessibility guidelines.

This hike on nps.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.