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

    Shenandoah

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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.

Mountain Residents

Myrtle Reynolds and others.

Myrtle Reynolds and others.

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"Miriam M. Sizer: Patroness or Patronizing"
by Reed Engle, Cultural Resource Specialist
from the Resource Management Newsletter, July 1996

"Thoughts on Whiskey"
by Reed Engle, Cultural Resource Specialist
from the Resource Management Newsletter, April 1996

"Survey of Rural Mountain Settlement"
by Audrey J. Horning, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

When Past is Present :
Archaeology of the Displaced in Shenandoah National Park
by Audrey J. Horning,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation/ The Queen's University of Belfast

 

Did You Know?

The adelgid is visible as tiny white cottony spots on the underside of the hemlock’s branches.

The most harmful exotic plants, animals and diseases in Shenandoah National Park include: chestnut blight, Dutch elm disease, dogwood anthracnose, gypsy moths, hemlock woolly adelgids, kudzu, mile-a-minute vine, Oriental bittersweet, and garlic mustard. More...