Direct Flights from Chicago to Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley · Virginia
Nonstop service from ORD to SHD on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Shenandoah Valley, and Chicago is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Shenandoah Valley for, from Chicago
1h 35m in the air, 540 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Shenandoah Valley. Two nights works.
About Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley is located in the western part of Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains. The region is best known for its natural beauty, many wineries, and Civil War history.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Shenandoah Valley
- The Robert E. Lee Monument was an outdoor bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general Robert E.
- Market Street Park, known as Lee Park until 2017, and as Emancipation Park from June 2017 to July 2018, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
- The Fralin Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Virginia. Before 2012, it was known as the University of Virginia Art Museum. It occupies the historic Thomas H.
- Grand Caverns, formerly known as Weyer's Cave, is located in the central Shenandoah Valley in the town of Grottoes, Virginia, United States.
- Endless Caverns is a commercial show cave located three miles (4.8 km) south of New Market, Virginia, United States.
- The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia houses one of the finest Indigenous Australian art collections in the world, rivaling many of the collections held in Australia.
- The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is the biggest open-air museum in the Shenandoah Valley.
- The Our Lady of the Angels Monastery is a 507 acres (205 ha) Trappistine monastery near Crozet, Virginia, which sits in a small valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Route 64. They are cloistered from the public.
- The Paine Run Rockshelter (44-AU-158) is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
- The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers is a memorial in honor of those enslaved African Americans who helped build and worked at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- The Blackrock Springs Site (44-AU-167) is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
- Boxerwood Nature Center and Woodland Garden is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) arboretum featuring both native and unusual plant specimens, located within a larger preserve at 963 Ross Road near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virgin…
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Shenandoah Valley weather, compared with Chicago
7° warmer than Chicago on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Shenandoah Valley 43°F · Chicago 31°F · 12° warmer
- April
- Shenandoah Valley 68°F · Chicago 59°F · 9° warmer
- July
- Shenandoah Valley 86°F · Chicago 84°F · 2° warmer
- October
- Shenandoah Valley 68°F · Chicago 62°F · 5° warmer
January bottoms out near 43°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Shenandoah Valley
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Shenandoah Valley is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 68–78°F.
- How long to stay
- Shenandoah Valley rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia), Market Street Park, and Fralin Museum of Art and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Chicago to Shenandoah Valley?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Chicago (ORD) to Shenandoah Valley (SHD) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Shenandoah Valley?
- American flies nonstop between Chicago (ORD) and Shenandoah Valley (SHD).
- How far is Shenandoah Valley from Chicago?
- Shenandoah Valley is about 540 miles from Chicago by air.
- What is there to do in Shenandoah Valley?
- Popular things to do include Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia), Market Street Park, Fralin Museum of Art, Grand Caverns, and more.
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