Sep 12 2026
The Appalachian Trail travels for 101 miles through Shenandoah National Park, following the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains through hardwood forests, rocky overlooks, mountain gaps, and some of the park’s highest terrain. For long-distance hikers, Shenandoah is an important stage on the journey between Georgia and Maine. For ordinary park visitors, it offers something …
Sep 10 2026
Skyline Drive is the scenic backbone of Shenandoah National Park, following the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for 105 miles between Front Royal and Rockfish Gap. Along the way, the road passes dozens of mountain overlooks, trailheads, waterfalls, campgrounds, historic sites, lodges, picnic areas, and some of the best wildlife habitat in the park. …
Jun 04 2026
Shenandoah National Park stretches along Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, protecting nearly 200,000 acres of hardwood forest, waterfalls, mountain summits, rocky overlooks, wildlife habitat, and more than 500 miles of hiking trails. Yet unlike many mountain parks where the greatest scenery requires hours of backcountry travel, Shenandoah makes much of its landscape remarkably accessible. The reason …
Sep 30 2024
Dark Hollow Falls is one of the most popular waterfalls in Shenandoah National Park—and one of the easiest major falls in the park to reach from Skyline Drive. The trail descends through a cool, wooded hollow alongside a tumbling mountain stream before arriving at a beautiful series of cascades culminating in the roughly 70-foot waterfall. …
Sep 30 2024
Shenandoah National Park is one of the great hiking destinations of the eastern United States. More than 500 miles of trails cross Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, leading to rocky summits, Appalachian forests, tumbling waterfalls, quiet streams, historic sites, and viewpoints overlooking the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia Piedmont. The variety is one of Shenandoah’s greatest strengths. …
Jul 13 2024
Shenandoah National Park protects a long, narrow section of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where forested ridges rise above the Shenandoah Valley and the Piedmont. Waterfalls tumble through wooded hollows, rocky summits provide sweeping Appalachian views, black bears roam oak forests, and more than 500 miles of hiking trails explore nearly 200,000 acres of protected mountain …
