Hva som skjer i Shenandoah National Park, United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1. des – 20. mar (vanligvis)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1. des – 20. mar (vanligvis)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1. des – 20. mar (vanligvis)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Spring wildflowers

  5. apr – 25. mai · vanligvisVillblomster og 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.

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring wildflowers (5. apr – 25. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Black bear season

  1. aug – 31. okt · vanligvisDyrelivssesongRisiko

  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. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Toppsesong — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Black bear season (1. aug – 31. okt (vanligvis)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Travelt — Fall foliage on Skyline Drive

• Natur

  Fall foliage on Skyline Drive

  5.–31. okt · vanligvisHøstfargerMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Black bear season (1. aug – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Stengt

  Lodges and campgrounds shut

  1. des – 20. mar · vanligvis

  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 ↗

• Stengt

  Skyline Drive ice closures

  1. des – 15. mar · vanligvisRisiko

  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 ↗