• Visitors bask in a golden sunset at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center in Shenandoah National Park

    Shenandoah

    National Park Virginia

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  • Vehicle Fuel Available at Big Meadows ONLY!

    Vehicle fuel is only available at Big Meadows (mile 52). Gas service has been discontinued at the Loft and Elkwallow areas.

Ranger Explorer

A young boy stands on the rocky top of Hawksbill mountain and takes in a great view.
Want to see Shenandoah National Park through new eyes? Take along a Ranger Explorer Activity Guide (designed for Explorers 13 years old and up) on your next hike. You can explore Stony Man, the Appalachian Trail, and Shenandoah's Wilderness like never before. Free* copies of these guides are available at Dickey Ridge and Byrd Visitor Centers or download your own copy (see below).

 
A graphic of the covers of the three new Shenandoah National Park Ranger Explorer Activity Guides.
 

Downloadable Ranger Explorer Activity Guides
(Guides are in Adobe Acrobat format)

Rock on Stony Man (pdf, 2.4 mb)

The Wild Side of Shenandoah (pdf, 6.2 mb)

The Appalachian Trail (pdf, 722 kb)

 

*These guides are available free for a limited time through the generous support of The National Park Foundation's Junior Ranger Challenge Grant Program made possible by Unilever and the Shenandoah National Park Trust.


Did You Know?

Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover sitting on the porch of the Brown House at Rapidan Camp in Shenandoah National Park.

In 1928, wanting to escape the heat and humidity of summers in Washington, D.C., Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover began looking for a "summer place" within a day's drive of the city. The Hoovers acquired land within the proposed Shenandoah National Park and built Rapidan Camp, their summer White House.