Det sker i Shenandoah National Park, United States året igennem

Travlt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1. dec. – 20. mar. (normalt)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Natur

  Spring wildflowers

  5. apr. – 25. maj · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  Trillium, bloodroot and spring beauty come up the mountain as the leaves open, reaching Big Meadows and the higher trails weeks after the valley floor. The hollows below the Drive go first.

Travlt — Memorial Day weekend

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. majNational helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Spring wildflowers (5. apr. – 25. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Travlt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Travlt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Black bear season

  1. aug. – 31. okt. · normaltDyrelivssæsonRisiko

  Bears feed hard on acorns and berries through late summer and autumn, and this is the stretch you actually see them from the Drive. Food-storage rules at the campgrounds get enforced, not suggested.

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sep.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Black bear season (1. aug. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep.)

Travlt — Fall foliage on Skyline Drive

• Natur

  Fall foliage on Skyline Drive

  5.–31. okt. · normaltEfterårsfarverTætpakket

  The whole of northern Virginia drives the ridge in October and the queue at the Front Royal entrance starts before nine on a colour weekend. Higher elevations turn a week or two ahead of the valley.

Stadig i gang: Black bear season (1. aug. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Thanksgiving break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Travlt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Lukning

  Lodges and campgrounds shut

  1. dec. – 20. mar. · normalt

  Skyland, Big Meadows and the waysides run from spring to late November and everything else in between is a locked door and a long drive for food. The park itself stays open and empty. Kilde ↗

• Lukning

  Skyline Drive ice closures

  1. dec. – 15. mar. · normaltRisiko

  The only road through the park sits on an exposed ridge and shuts in sections for ice and snow, sometimes for days. There is no alternative route inside the park, so a closure means driving round the outside. Kilde ↗