The drive is 105 miles long from Front Royal to Rockfish Gap. Mileposts
numbered from north to south are keyed to the map on the left, and to
the table below. Symbols indicate developed areas (accommodations,
restaurants, service stations); entrance and ranger stations; camp and
picnic grounds; trail cabins and shelters; roads and trails. Most picnic
grounds have fireplaces; all have tables and water.
_NOTE: Dates given for accommodations areas vary with weather
conditions from season to season._
Mile Point of Interest Elevation,
Feet
0.0 Junction with US. 340 595
0.6 North Entrance Station 705
2.8 Shenandoah Valley Overlook. First important view 1,390
of the valley 900 ft. below. Directly opposite is
Signal Knob. Civil War communications post, on
Massanutten Mountain
4.6 Dickey Ridge Visitor Center. Exhibits and
programs to explain park. Information, bookstore,
maps. Restrooms. Picnic grounds nearby.
Telephone. Open daily Apr. through Oct.
17.1 Range View Overlook. Piedmont Plateau; Blue Ridge 2,810
peaks
20.1 Hogback Overlook. Eleven bends in Shenandoah 3,385
River visible on clear day
24.1 Elkwallow. Picnic grounds. Lunch, souvenirs, 2,445
gasoline. May through Oct.
31.5 Panorama (Thornton Gap Entrance Station). 2,300
Intersection with U.S. 211. Dining room, lunch
counter, gift shop, service station. Open all
year. Trail to Marys Rock. Park headquarters 4
miles west on U.S. 211; 8 miles to Luray
32.4 Marys Rock Tunnel cut through 700 feet of rock 2,545
(13-foot clearance)
36.7 Pinnacles. Picnic grounds 3,550
37.4 Pinnacles Ranger Station 3,215
[Illustration: SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK
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Mile Point of Interest Elevation,
Feet
37.4 Pinnacles Ranger Station 3,215
39.2 Little Stony Man Parking Area. 1½-mile-round-trip 3,210
trail to sweeping view of Shenandoah Valley
41.8 Entrance to Skyland. Lodge rooms, cottages, 3,680
dining room, coffeeshop, gift shop, riding
horses. Accommodations for 350. May through Oct.
Stony Man Nature Trail Parking Area
42.6 Whiteoak Canyon Parking Area. 5-mile-round-trip 3,510
trail to falls
44.5 Crescent Rock Overlook. Best view of Hawksbill 3,550
Mountain, highest in park
46.6 Upper Hawksbill Gap Parking Area. 3,400
2-mile-round-trip trail to summit of Hawksbill
50.5 Dark Hollow Falls Parking Area. 3,070
1½-mile-round-trip trail to falls
51.3 Big Meadows Wayside. Coffeeshop, gift shop, 3,500
service station, campers’ store. Apr. through Oct.
Entrance to Big Meadows. Lodge, dining room,
hotel rooms, and cottages. Gift shop, riding
horses. Accommodations for 250. Apr. through Oct.
Camp and trailer sites, picnic grounds. Showers
and automatic laundry. Big Meadows Nature Trail.
Ranger station.
57.6 Lewis Mountain. Coffeeshop, cabin accommodations 3,390
for 24, Apr. through Oct. Camp and trailer sites,
picnic grounds
62.9 South River. Picnic grounds; 2½-mile-round-trip 2,940
trail to falls
65.7 Swift Run Gap. Intersection with U.S. 33. Dining 2,365
room, gift shop, service station. Apr. to mid-Nov.
73.2 Simmons Gap Ranger Station 2,245
78.2 Rockytop Overlook. Big Run watershed, wild canyon 2,860
scenery, trails
90.1 Calvary Rocks Parking Area. 2-mile-round-trip 2,730
trail
104.6 South Entrance Station 2,070
105.4 Rockfish Gap; intersection with US. 250; 5 miles 1,910
to Humpback Rocks Visitor Center—Blue Ridge
Parkway
[Illustration: _The mountains of the Blue Ridge are rounded by ages
of erosion._]