Shenandoah National Park

 NH Check out Shenandoah National Park, with hiking trails, waterfalls, horseback riding and incomparable views of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Camp out or book a cozy cabin. For more information, visit www.visit shenandoah.com. ...

 NY PARK YOURSELF IN VIRGINIA The Skyland Resort, at Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, is offering a Family Fun and Adventure package with breakfast and Luray Caverns admission for two adults. Available weeknights through September 2010. ...

 VA A new Virginia license plate featuring Shenandoah National Park will soon be available. The plates, which feature the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Skyline Drive and a black bear, were authorized by the General Assembly earlier this year. ...

 NC Check out Shenandoah National Park, with hiking trails, waterfalls, horseback riding and incomparable views of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Camp out or book a cozy cabin. Information: www.visitshenandoah.com. □ Tour New York on two wheels. ...

 United States Check out Shenandoah National Park, with hiking trails, waterfalls, horseback riding and incomparable views of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Camp out or book a cozy cabin. Info: www.visitshenandoah.com. >> Tour New York on two wheels. ...

Q&A: Road Trip Through National Parks Start by heading south toward Washington but veering off into one of the prettiest drives in America, the Skyline Drive, through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, which is also home to more than 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail. ...

Just 75 miles from Washington, DC, Shenandoah National Park is perhaps best known for the spectacular mountain vistas along twisty-turny Skyline Drive. ... A rare offer: Park for freeCharlottesville Daily Progress Savvy Shopper: National parks offer fee-free weekendsDaily Press

 VA It is not a park that invites. Our own Shenandoah National Park is, however, one of the most visited parks in the federal system. Perhaps the Dismal's very mysteriousness will interest coin collectors. With all due respect, however, we're just not sure ...

 AK I can remember ... that he drove me to Front Royal, Va., which is the northern end of the Skyline Drive, which winds its way through a relatively small park called Shenandoah National Park. And we drove up and through clouds and mist and through ...

 VA interest in "Shenandoah Moon," a play she co-wrote with her sister, Barbara Lawson, and Duane Hahn about families in the valleys, hills and mountains displaced with the creation of the Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive. ...

 DC I know one of my favorites to visit in the fall will always be Shenandoah National Park, that is when it's not swarming with people. But what about those pesky park entrance fees? Well, the National Park Service is waiving them for certain parks for ...

Bill Wade, with the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, is a former Shenandoah National Park superintendent. Wade says the bill goes even farther than a Bush administration rule that was struck down in court. That rule allowed permit holders ...

 VA by Hawes Spencer It's frog-courting time– or it was three weeks ago when these pictures were taken in the Shenandoah National Park along the Moormans River above Sugar Hollow. * People say the darndest things, but if they use language stronger than ...

 WA •Madison/Shenandoah Hills, Virginia KOA: Located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it'sa short drive to Shenandoah National Park. •Logan/Hocking Hills, Ohio KOA: The facility features its own 75-foot mining sluice along with access to manys ...

 VA Skyline Drive. Special walks, talks, workshops and slide programs focus on native woodland wildflowers. Reservations are not necessary. Come prepared for wet weather. Walks may be conducted in light rain, but will be canceled in case of thunderstorms. ...

 VA The truck overturned earlier this afternoon on the section of Route 33 within the Shenandoah National Park. Traffic will be stopped on the east side at Route 810 and at the top of the mountain at the entrance to Skyline Drive. ... Route 33 Reopens in Greene after Truck Crash NBC 29 News

 VA The Federal Recovery Act will bring some major improvements to the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway. Some of the $17 million heading to the Shenandoah National Park will go toward a backlog of maintenance projects that visitors won't even notice. ...

 VA The play tells the poignant story of the creation of Shenandoah National Park. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to stimulate the depressed economy by employing thousands of young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps was part of our local ...

 VA Wildflower Weekend, on May 9 and 10, showcases the diversity of wildflowers growing throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains. More than 1300 species of plants thrive in Shenandoah National Park, a "mountain island" surrounded by farmland, towns, ...

 VA Excellent fishing is available in the National Forest and Shenandoah National Park streams on dry flies and small nymphs. Larger streams in the valley are producing well on streamers, nymphs and small spinners. Passage Creek (Shenandoah County) is ...

 NY Smith, 50, has been in the hospitality business for three decades. Most recently, he was regional district manager for Aramark at the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. He was also vice president of operations at Yosemite National Park.

 KS One of the routes I’d picked snakes along a river in West Virginia and the other bisects Shenandoah National Park. Those will have to wait for the return trip. I failed to take into account my traveling companion’s impatience with anything that delays ...

 OR Bolitho's first job with the Park Service was at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. It was later expanded and reclassified as a national monument and preserve. He moved on to the Shenandoah National Park, where he was a member of the ...

  USA Bolitho's first job with the Park Service was at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. It was later expanded and reclassified as a national monument and preserve. He moved on to the Shenandoah National Park, where he was a member of the ...

 DC By M. Scott Smith, DCSki Editor March 15, 2009 — On Friday, March 13, I decided to take the day off and head to Shenandoah National Park for an afternoon of hiking and photography. With a number of ski resorts calling it quits, it seemed like a good ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — A soldier dressed and wearing face-paint like Batman villain The Joker was shot and killed by police in the Shenandoah National Park after he pointed a loaded shotgun at them after a chase, an FBI affidavit says. ...

 VA The Army soldier killed in a standoff with police in Shenandoah National Park Sunday was acting so bizarrely that day that he painted his face and dressed to look like The Joker, Batman's nemesis. Spc. Christopher N. Lanum, who attacked a fellow ...

 VA By Kate Wiltrout The Fort Eustis soldier who died in an armed standoff with police in Shenandoah National Park on Sunday left behind a farewell note to his child and his parents and told his girlfriend that he was "preparing for war," according to ...

 VA says Karen Beck-Herzog, Shenandoah National Park spokeswoman. The park is nature in its purest form. "Shenandoah is a smaller park. It's intimate," says Burns. "You're basically going along the spine of Skyline Drive. I like that intimacy. ...

 VA By JR Williams FRONT ROYAL -- A man was killed Sunday at the entrance to Shenandoah National Park after he drew a weapon and fired at authorities, a Virginia State Police official said. At 11 am, the National Parks Service asked the Warren County ...

 VA Richmonder Moore took the photographs in the exhibition at Shenandoah National Park and George Washington and the Jefferson national forests in Virginia; Yosemite National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument in California; and Grand Teton and ...

 DC The other advantage of stopping off in Sperryville is that you get closer to the gorgeous stretch of mountains around the Shenandoah National Park, making the drive down to Charlottesville even more picturesque. The next logical stop is Starr Hill in ...

 VA AP LURAY -- Attendance at Shenandoah National Park fell by 2.8 percent in 2008, continuing a decade-long slide. Park spokeswoman Karen Beck-Herzog said the park saw about 1.09 million visitors last year. She says weather was the primary reason for the ...

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 VA - Park's book store has new Web site: The Shenandoah National Park Bookstore has a new Web site at www.snp books.org. The site is designed to be more ...

On the trail: Nurse goes from intensive care worker to outdoor ... High Point Enterprise (subscription), NC - But when I was in Shenandoah National Park, I saw a mother and two cubs, and that made me nervous, because you don't want to intrude on a mother and her ...

 VA - Dec 3, 2008 Shenandoah National Park asked for comments on a study it did on how people affect rock outcrops and the rare vegetation that grows on them. ...

 VA - Nov 27, 2008 By Jeremy Hunt SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK - Shenandoah National Park wants input on how to best protect pristine areas while still allowing visitors to enjoy ...

By Katharine Mieszkowski While air quality in national parks isn't as important to public health as more general soot and airborne lead pollution regulations, it's of huge symbolic and ecological value. Many parks, such as the Shenandoah National Park, struggle with poor air quality, shrouding stunning vista...

By Jim This blog is about owning and visiting the Hawksbill Cabin, near Stanley and Luray, Virginia, just a few miles from the "World Famous" Shenandoah River, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Luray Caverns, and a wealth of outdoor ...

Among the scenic roads of America's National Parks, the Skyline Drive may be the most famous. For decades the Drive has given millions of visitors easy access to the mountains and sky of Shenandoah National Park. ...

38° 31.098′ N, 78° 26.159′ W. Marker is in Syria, Virginia, in Madison County. Marker is on Skyline Drive, on the left when traveling south. Click for map. Located at the Big Meadows/Byrd Visitor Center in Shenandoah National Park. ...

By ama Some of Shenandoah’s most popular resort destinations such as Skyland Resort, Big Meadows Lodge and Lewis Mountain Cabins provide restful accommodations high above the classic American panorama of the region. Shenandoah National Park is ...

By Nosve Nelson, Gavin, Nelson’s friend Dean, and I went “leafpeeping” at Shenandoah National Park last weekend. It was cold but excellent. Besides looking at trees, we hiked, climbed rocks, found someone’s totally bitchin’ sunglasses in a ...

By mountaintrailphoto I just returned home from 2 days of shooting in Shenandoah National Park. I was planning on going up during the week to avoid the crowds, but when I saw that they were calling for rain and clouds on Saturday, I decided to tough it out ...

Of Shenandoah National Park's more than 500 miles of hiking trails, we intended to park at the Old Rag Mountain lot, and climb the Ridge Trail to it's peak at 3291 feet. That's what we intended to do, anyway. ...

Located only 75 miles from Washington, D.C., Shenandoah National Park is a wonderful fall destination. Wind your way along picturesque Skyline Drive, hike along one of the many great trails and enjoy spending the night at a mountain ...

By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman Shenandoah National Park in Virginia is one idea - it's only a couple hours away, so you don't have to stay overnight. But if you do, the park has several deals for their cabins and lodges. Right now, rates are starting around $129 a ...

By Kurt Repanshek Earl Funk was reported missing on September 30, a day after he headed off into the Cedar Mountain area of the park to collect ginseng. The 49-year-old's body was located Saturday in the Browns Cove area of Virginia's Albemarle County. ...

Yesterday Brian and I started our road trip across the country. We left home at 1230 pm and started the first leg of the journey to Charlottesville VA where I would be meeting his Pop Aunt Geri and Uncle Bruce for the first time. Instead of taking the straight shot police littered HWY 24 all the w...

By Andrew Wiseman Anyone who is willing to drive all the way out to Shenandoah should spend the day hiking Old Rag Mountain, a must-hike for lovers of the outdoors. The hike is listed as “very challenging” by the National Park Service but anyone in decent shape should be able to complete the seven mile hike. Rel...