På gång i Shenandoah National Park, United States under året

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1 dec – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1 dec – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Spring break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Lodges and campgrounds shut (1 dec – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), Skyline Drive ice closures (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Natur

  Spring wildflowers

  5 apr – 25 maj · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

Mycket folk — Memorial Day weekend

• Helg

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Spring wildflowers (5 apr – 25 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Black bear season

  1 aug – 31 okt · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsongRisk

  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.

• Helg

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Black bear season (1 aug – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Mycket folk — Fall foliage on Skyline Drive

• Natur

  Fall foliage on Skyline Drive

  5–31 okt · vanligtvisHöstfärgerTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Black bear season (1 aug – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Thanksgiving break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Stängt

  Lodges and campgrounds shut

  1 dec – 20 mar · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Stängt

  Skyline Drive ice closures

  1 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisRisk

  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. Källa ↗