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Shenandoah National Park
Facilities Schedule

Facility Opening/Closing Dates - 2009

Facility

Skyline
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Opening
Dates

Closing
Dates

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VISITOR CENTERS  (more...) 

Dickey Ridge Visitor Center

4.7

April 9

November 29, 5:00 p.m.

Apr. 9 - 23:
Open Thurs.- Mon.
Apr. 24 - Nov. 7:
Open 7 days a week
Nov. 8 - 29:
Open Thurs.- Mon. (Closed Thanksgiving)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Visitor Center

51.0

April 3

November 29, 5:00 p.m.

Open seven days a week (Closed Thanksgiving)

Loft Mountain Information Center

79.5

May 23

November 1, 5:00 p.m.

Open Weekends and holidays only

FOOD, LODGING & OTHER SERVICES (more...)

Elkwallow Wayside

24.0

April 9

November 8, 5:30 p.m.

Food, gifts, gasoline, camping supplies

Skyland Resort

41.7

April 2

November 29, noon

Food, lodging, gifts

Big Meadows Lodge

51.2

May 22

November 8, noon

Food, lodging, gifts

Big Meadows Wayside

51.2

March 27

November 29, 5:30 p.m.

Food, gifts, gasoline, camping supplies

Lewis Mountain Cabins and Campstore

57.5

April 10

November 8, noon

Lodging, gifts, camping supplies

Loft Mountain Wayside

79.5

April 23    

November 8, 5:30

Food, gifts, gasoline, camping supplies

CAMPGROUNDS (more...)

Mathews Arm Campground

22.2

May 15

November 1, noon

1st come-1st served & reservation sites. Group sites available through reservations.

Big Meadows Campground, Showers/Laundry

51.2

March 27

November 29, noon

1st come-1st served, reservations available 5/6-11/7. Group sites available through reservations.

Lewis Mountain Campground, Campstore, Showers/Laundry

57.5

April 10

November 8, noon

1st come-1st served.

Loft Mountain Campground Campstore, Showers/Laundry

79.5

May 15

November 1, noon

1st come-1st served & reservation sites. Group sites available through reservations. 

PICNIC GROUNDS (more...)

Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds

4.7

April 10

November 29

Opening/Closing date depends on weather

Elkwallow Picnic Grounds

24.1

 

 

Open year-round

Pinnacles Picnic Grounds

36.7

 

 

Open year-round

Big Meadows Picnic Grounds

51.2

March 27

November 29

Opening/Closing date depends on weather

Lewis Mountain Picnic Grounds

57.5

April 10

November 8

Opening/Closing date depends on weather

South River Picnic Grounds

62.8

 

 

Open year-round

Loft Mountain Picnic Grounds

79.5

 

 

Closed

Dundo Picnic Grounds

83.7

 

 

Open year-round

 



The CCC Camp at Skyland (NP-1) was the first Civilian Conservation Camp in the National Park Service.  

Did You Know?
The first Civilian Conservation Corps camp in a national park was Shenandoah National Park’s NP-1 established near Skyland in May 1933. The second National Park Service camp was also in Shenandoah National Park, camp NP-2 at Big Meadows.
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Last Updated: September 29, 2009 at 10:40 EST