Park Statistics

Important Dates

• May 22, 1926 - Date Authorized
• December 26, 1935 - Date Established
• July 3, 1936 - Park dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Lands Information

Total acres - 198,754

• Albemarle County - 14,687 acres
• Augusta County - 12,263 acres
• Greene County - 15,368 acres
• Madison County - 33,128 acres
• Page County - 39,577 acres
• Rappahannock County - 31,874 acres
• Rockingham County - 37,965 acres
• Warren County - 13,892 acres

Designated Wilderness acres - 79,579

• North District - 25,100 acres
• Central District - 21,380 acres
• South District - 33,099 acres

Facilities

Roads and Trails

• 236 miles of roads, including
• • 105 miles of Skyline Drive
• 70 overlooks
• 516 miles of hiking trails, including
• • 200 miles of designated horse trails
  • 101 miles of Appalachian Trail

National Park Service Facilities

• 4 entrance stations
• 2 visitor centers
  • Dickey Ridge Visitor Center (mile 4.6
  • Big Meadows Visitor Center (mile 51)
• 2 boundary contact stations
• 4 campgrounds
• • Mathews Arm Campground 179 sites
  • Big Meadows Campground 217 sites
  • Lewis Mountain Campground 32 sites
  • Loft Mountain Campground 219 sites
• 7 picnic grounds

DNC Parks & Resorts at Shenandoah, Inc.

• 3 lodging facilities - 285 rooms total
• • Skyland - 178 rooms
  • Big Meadows Lodge - 97 rooms
  • Lewis Mountain Cabins - 10 rooms
• 5 food service outlets - 530 seats
• 7 merchandise outlets
• 1 gas station
• 3 public showers/laundries
• 1 stable for trail rides
• 2 conference facilities (Big Meadows and Skyland)

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club

• 6 backcountry cabins

Natural and Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources

• 2 National Historic Landmarks (Rapidan Camp and Skyline Drive National Historic Landmark District)
• 1 Structure (Corbin Cabin) listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• 351 Buildings and structures included on the List of Classified Structures
• 609 Significant, recorded archeological sites, 11 of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• 100+ cemeteries

Plants

• 1406 Vascular plant species
• • 1026 herb species
  • 55 ferns and club moss species
  • 139 shrub species
  • 132 tree species
  • 54 vine species

• 1046 Native plant species
• 360 Non-native plant species
• • 41 considered invasive, non-native species

• 30 Native plant communities (or "associations") described by the National Vegetation Classification System
• 62 State rare plant species
• 8 Globally rare plant species
• 10 Globally rare plant community types
• 1650 Non-vascular plant species
• • 815 Bryophyte species (mosses, liverworts, hornworts)
  • 476 Fungus species
  • 359 Lichen species

• 95% of park forested

Animals

• 53 species of mammals
• • 36 species of small mammals
  • 17 species of mid/large mammals
• 38 species of fish
• • 10 species of game fish (3 species of trout)
  • 28 species of non-game fish
• 26 species of reptiles
• • 18 snakes (2 species of venomous snakes)
  • 5 turtles
  • 3 lizards
• 24 species of amphibians
• • 10 toads and frogs
  • 14 salamanders and newts (1 Federally endangered salamander)
• Over 200 species of birds
• • Largest Bird - Wild Turkey
  • Longest Wing Span - Golden Eagle
  • State-threatened Species - Peregrine Falcon (breeding) and Bald Eagle (occasional)

Geologic Resources and Topography

• Three primary bedrock types - granitic, siliciclastic, basaltic
• 69 peaks with elevation over 3,000 feet
• Highest peak - Hawksbill at 4,051 feet
• Lowest elevation - 535 feet near the north end

Water Resources

• Over 90 streams
• Highest waterfall - Overall Run - 93 feet
• Most visited waterfall - Dark Hollow Falls (70')

Weather

• Temperatures range from -10^o to 100⁰
• Precipitation Average: 40-60 inches annually