Shenandoah National Park is about 100 miles long but in most places not more than a few miles wide. The key feature of the Park is Skyline Drive. It extends the length of the Park and provides dozens of scenic overlooks. The first two photos are shot from several of these overlooks. Many of the Park's roads, walls, and buildings were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
A more recent addition to the Park is the Appalachian Trial. While the Trail is much longer than the Park, the Trail runs the length of Shenandoah National Park. Along the trail a single mark on a tree indicates that the hiker is on the Trail; a double mark indicates a significant change of direction of the Trail. Although we didn't have the time (or energy) to do the Trail, we did take a short hike along the trail.
On this day we covered the northern third of Skyline Drive.
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