Young men lined up to enter a rustic building

Big Meadows Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

Shenandoah National Park

  • 30 - 60 minutes
  • 12 tour stops

Shenandoah National Park hosted 11 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps between 1933 and 1941. The CCC was a popular New Deal Program designed to put young men and women to work during the Great Depression. One of the camps was established at Big Meadows (mile 51). Take an easy walking tour of the camp and follow in the steps of the men who built Shenandoah. Park at the visitor center, cross Skyline Drive, and then walk to the far right edge of the meadow.

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