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  2. Skyline Drive - Wikipedia

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    With the official establishment of Shenandoah National Park in 1935, the CCC hired 300 men, most of whom were not local to the area, to continue to build Skyline Drive. [17] On October 1, 1936, the drive was completed between Front Royal and Thornton Gap at a cost of $1,235,177 (equivalent to $21.3 million in 2023, [ 16 ] ).

  3. Big Meadows - Wikipedia

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    Big Meadows is a recreational area of the Shenandoah National Park in Madison County and Page County, in the US state of Virginia.The meadow is located on the Skyline Drive at Milepost 51 and contains the park's Harry F. Byrd Visitor Center, a lodge, camp store, and camping area.

  4. Shenandoah National Park - Wikipedia

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    Skyline Drive is the main park road, generally traversing along the ridgeline of the mountains. Almost 40% of the park's land—79,579 acres (124 sq mi; 322 km 2 )—has been designated as wilderness areas and is protected as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System .

  5. Hogback Mountain (Shenandoah National Park, Virginia)

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    Hogback Mountain is the highest peak in the northern portion of Shenandoah National Park as well as the highest point in Warren County in northern Virginia, United States. A part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is located along the border of Warren and Rappahannock counties. It is easily accessible via Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail. [2]

  6. Marys Rock Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Located at mile marker 32.2 on Skyline Drive, the scenic byway that traverses the length of Shenandoah National Park, it is the only vehicular tunnel in the park. Constructed in 1932 by workers employed with the Civilian Conservation Corps , the tunnel workers took three months to drill and blast through the east slopes of Mary's Rock (3,514 ft ...

  7. Hawksbill Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Marking the border between Madison County and Page County in Virginia, the summit of Hawksbill Mountain is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park, as well as the highest point in both Madison and Page counties. The north face of Hawksbill Peak is a 2,500-foot (760 m) drop into Timber Hollow, which is the largest elevation change in the park.

  8. Panorama Resort - Wikipedia

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    Panorama opened July 20, 1924 and sat at the intersection of Skyline Drive and Route 211 between Sperryville, Virginia and Luray, Virginia.Bridging Virginia's Hunt Country and the Shenandoah Valley, it sat at the border of Page County and Rappahannock County along the top ridge line of the Blue Ridge.

  9. Skyland Resort - Wikipedia

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    Massanutten Lodge in Skyland Resort. Skyland Resort is a hotel and resort in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.. The Skyland Resort, originally called Stony Man Camp, was built in 1895 at what later became the highest point on the Skyline Drive, with a sweeping view of the Shenandoah Valley at 3,680 feet.