• Illustrated cover in vintage travel-poster style: gray-green greenstone cliffs at Little Stony Man in the foreground, autumn forest in orange and gold falling to the patchwork Shenandoah Valley, and hazy blue ridges under a teal sky, above the title Shenandoah National Park.
  • Sample page from the Shenandoah National Park guide, wildlife chapter. Entry: Wild turkey, with how to recognize it, where and when to see it, and a photograph.
  • Sample page from the Shenandoah National Park guide, a day itinerary with times, distances, and a photograph: Upper Doyles River Falls.
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Brian Russ Guides

Shenandoah National Park: History, Highlights, and One- to Three-Day Adventures

Shenandoah National Park: History, Highlights, and One- to Three-Day Adventures

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Shenandoah is more than a scenic drive, and this guide shows you how to see the rest of it. It turns 105 miles of Skyline Drive, hundreds of miles of trail, and the park's seasons and crowds into simple one-, two-, and three-day plans, from the cliffs of Stony Man to the rock scramble on Old Rag.

What's inside

  • Nine ready-made itineraries: one, two, and three days, each at easy, moderate, and strenuous effort, from Stony Man, Limberlost, and Big Meadows to Hawksbill, Dark Hollow and Whiteoak Canyon falls, Rapidan Camp, Bearfence, Old Rag, Blackrock Summit, and the Doyles River falls, every stop located by milepost and every day with a weather backup
  • The park's history, from the first people of the Blue Ridge and the Skyland resort to the displaced mountain families, the CCC, and the end of segregation in the park
  • Sightseeing highlights district by district, with notes on seasons, services, and closures
  • A wildlife chapter profiling 14 commonly seen animals, from white-tailed deer and black bears to wild turkeys, indigo buntings, and red efts, each with a photograph and notes on where and when to look
  • Trip planning for fall crowds, fog, fees, Old Rag day-use tickets, lodges and campgrounds, bears, snakes, ticks, pets, and accessibility
  • 35 photographs and 4 orientation maps

What you'll receive

  • EPUB ebook (Shenandoah_National_Park_Brian_D_Russ.epub, about 11 MB) for Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and most e-reader apps. Kindle readers can send it to their library with Amazon's Send to Kindle.
  • PDF (Shenandoah_National_Park_Brian_D_Russ.pdf, 99 pages including the cover, about 22 MB) for any device, and for printing pages. It opens on the illustrated cover.

Your download link arrives by email right after purchase.

Edition

First illustrated edition, October 2026, with research completed October 2026. Closures, hours, and seasonal services change, so check the park's current alerts before you travel.

Pull over at the overlook, then take the trail behind it.

This is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service.
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