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Hundred Mile Club-Featured Hike: Little Stony Man and Stony Man
More »This is one of the most scenic circuit hikes in Shenandoah National Park. The summit of Stony Man offers sweeping views from the second highest peak in the park (4,011 feet). To get started, park in the Little Stony Man parking lot on the west side of Skyline Drive at milepost 39.1. Take the trail [...]
Oh, Shenandoah!
More »Shenandoah National Park Trust’s photography exhibition, Oh, Shenandoah!, drew a huge crowd to its opening reception at The Arts Center In Orange on January 12th. The 24 photographs on display are a selection of finalist and award-winning pictures from six separate contests held last year in celebration of Shenandoah National Park’s 75th anniversary. Each contest [...]
Join us at the opening reception for Oh, Shenandoah!
More »A photographic exhibition celebrating our national park, featuring finalist and winning photographs from contests hosted by communities around the park in honor of Shenandoah’s 75th anniversary. Thursday, January 12 5:00 – 7:00 pm The Arts Center In Orange 129 East Main Street Orange, VA Hosted by Shenandoah National Park Trust with sponsorship from [...]
Hundred Mile Club- Featured Hike: Marys Rock
More »No one knows for sure how Marys Rock got its name. One story claims that Francis Thornton wed Mary Savage and brought her up the mountain to show her the lands they would own together. Another legend claims that Thornton had a daughter named Mary, who climbed the mountain and came back with a bear [...]
Climb Peaks with the Hundred Mile Club- Featured Hike: Chimney Rock
More »Chimney Rock Mile post 90 This peak is one of the park’s most beautiful rock structures. The 3.4 mile round-trip hike to the top will take you through some of the park’s designated wilderness. In addition to the plant life, you’ll enjoy the stunningly unique pinkish-white rocks and cliffs. You’ll pass Calvary Rocks—beautiful white cliffs—before reaching [...]
Lace Up Your Lava Boots
More »Some of the most unique rock formations in Shenandoah are greenstones: old lava flows that now cap many of the highest peaks in the park. These rocks preserve evidence of 570 million years ago, when two tectonic plates began to spread apart along a system of rifts thousands of miles long. Molten rock from deep [...]
12th Annual Apple Butter Festival
More »Head to Skyland Resort for a fun-filled day of food, libation and music. Take a turn stirring the copper kettle and take home a jar of sweet, delicious apple butter. The Skyland chef will lay out a great barbeque, and wine and beer tastings will be available throughout the day. Local artisans will display their [...]
Radical Reels 2011
More »Faster, steeper, higher, deeper! The most extreme outdoor sport films from the 35th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival will thrill and inspire you when Shenandoah National Park Trust hosts RADICAL REELS in Charlottesville this September. Witness brave adventurers undertaking awe-inspiring (outrageous) feats on rushing rivers, snow-covered mountains and sheer rock walls. Don’t miss this evening [...]
Announcing “Views of Shenandoah” Winners
More »Wow- what a great time we had on Friday! Thank you to all who attended our “Views of Shenandoah” Award Reception. It was a really wonderful turnout. For those of you who could not make it, here are the winners: Adult category: 1st place- Andrew Sentipal “Fawn at Dawn in Big Meadows” 2nd Place- Pat [...]
Wine, Cheese and Views of Shenandoah
More »Join us at the Award Reception for Shenandoah National Park Trust’s Views of Shenandoah Photography Contest, part of Charlottesville’s First Fridays, on Friday, August 5th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Charlottesville Community Design Center (CCDC) above the downtown mall. Renowned landscape photographers and contest judges Robert Llewellyn and Hullihen Williams Moore will be joined by local [...]
