| Traveler Edge | Shenandoah National Park - North District Early Spring |
| Shenandoah National Park - Skyline DriveNorth District Early Spring | |||||||||
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Shenandoah Home
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Skyline Drive
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Center District
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Little Stony Man
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Wildflower Weekend 2006, Millers Head
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Hawksbill Summit | Big Meadows, Black Rock | South District |
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| Near Front Royal entrance station | |||||||||
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Visiting a national park used to be a big deal to us. We have to make a trip plan weeks in advance and
we usually need to prepare for at least one or two nights stay. It is still true for most of the national parks
after we moved to Washington D.C. area. However, Shenandoah is one exception. The driving time from D.C. to
the Front Royal entrance station in north of the park is less than 2 hours which makes Shenandoah almost
like a local park to us. In a weekend of April we decided to pay Shenandoah a visit since we have never
seen the spring of the park.
The new leaves in early spring were so green that they looked as if they were semi-transparent. The scene looked so inviting and we stopped just passed the entrance station to take the first pictures. | |||||||||
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| Shenandoah Valley | |||||||||
| Shenandoah Valley Overlook at milepost 2.8. The tree leaves are still growing so the color is varied from light green to brown. From this overlook the farm houses down the valley can be seen. The view is great here. | |||||||||
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| Dickey Ridge Visitor Center | |||||||||
| Dickey Ridge Visitor Center at milepost 4.6. | |||||||||
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| Dickey Ridge Visitor Center | |||||||||
| Where do you think has the best view? Take a guess... | |||||||||
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| Dickey Ridge Visitor Center | |||||||||
| To the left of the visitor center sit another bench under a big tree. It looks as if it is inviting the visitors to sit down and enjoy the great view. | |||||||||
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| Houses down the valley | |||||||||
| Overlook point at about milepost 7. Similar valley view, but with wild flowers. | |||||||||
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| Houses down the valley | |||||||||
| Overlook point at about milepost 10. Same valley view, forest, farm houses... and a river winding through it! | |||||||||
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| Forest | |||||||||
| Look at here: tree, tree, tree everywhere. The new green leaves looks so delicious! | |||||||||
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| Forest | |||||||||
| Another view point at about milepost 12. Hills overlapping one another expanding to the far horizon. | |||||||||
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| Forest | |||||||||
| Continue to Center District | |||||||||