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 of the valley 900 ft. below. Directly opposite is Signal Knob. Civil War communications post, on Massanutten Mountain | 1,390 | | 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 peaks | 2,810 | | 20.1 | Hogback Overlook. Eleven bends in Shenandoah River visible on clear day | 3,385 | | 24.1 | Elkwallow. Picnic grounds. Lunch, souvenirs, gasoline. May through Oct. | 2,445 | | 31.5 | Panorama (Thornton Gap Entrance Station). 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 | 2,300 | | 32.4 | Marys Rock Tunnel cut through 700 feet of rock (13-foot clearance) | 2,545 | | 36.7 | Pinnacles. Picnic grounds | 3,550 | | 37.4 | Pinnacles Ranger Station | 3,215 | SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK
VIRGINIA High-resolution Image | Mile | Point of Interest | Elevation, Feet | | 37.4 | Pinnacles Ranger Station | 3,215 | | 39.2 | Little Stony Man Parking Area. 1½-mile-round-trip trail to sweeping view of Shenandoah Valley | 3,210 | | 41.8 | Entrance to Skyland. Lodge rooms, cottages, dining room, coffeeshop, gift shop, riding horses. Accommodations for 350. May through Oct. Stony Man Nature Trail Parking Area | 3,680 | | 42.6 | Whiteoak Canyon Parking Area. 5-mile-round-trip trail to falls | 3,510 | | 44.5 | Crescent Rock Overlook. Best view of Hawksbill Mountain, highest in park | 3,550 | | 46.6 | Upper Hawksbill Gap Parking Area. 2-mile-round-trip trail to summit of Hawksbill | 3,400 | | 50.5 | Dark Hollow Falls Parking Area. 1½-mile-round-trip trail to falls | 3,070 | | 51.3 | Big Meadows Wayside. Coffeeshop, gift shop, service station, campers’ store. Apr. through Oct. | 3,500 | | 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 for 24, Apr. through Oct. Camp and trailer sites, picnic grounds | 3,390 | | 62.9 | South River. Picnic grounds; 2½-mile-round-trip trail to falls | 2,940 | | 65.7 | Swift Run Gap. Intersection with U.S. 33. Dining room, gift shop, service station. Apr. to mid-Nov. | 2,365 | | 73.2 | Simmons Gap Ranger Station | 2,245 | | 78.2 | Rockytop Overlook. Big Run watershed, wild canyon scenery, trails | 2,860 | | 90.1 | Calvary Rocks Parking Area. 2-mile-round-trip trail | 2,730 | | 104.6 | South Entrance Station | 2,070 | | 105.4 | Rockfish Gap; intersection with US. 250; 5 miles to Humpback Rocks Visitor Center—Blue Ridge Parkway | 1,910 | The mountains of the Blue Ridge are rounded by ages of erosion.
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