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Shenandoah National Park Announces Hiking Program for Families with Children

Shenandoah National Park is hosting two “Hiking with Children” seminars scheduled for two Saturdays this summer, on June 19 and July 17 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. These programs are designed for parents that want to get outdoors to hike with their children and have a worry-free experience.

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Shenandoah National Park Hosts Wildflower Weekend

Native flowers will be in the spotlight during Shenandoah National Park’s 24th annual Wildflower Weekend, May 8 and 9, 2010.  Visitors will have a chance to meet woodland beauties such as wild geranium, trillium, jack-in-the-pulpit, and many others on a variety of naturalist-led hikes.

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Shenandoah National Park Announces 2010 Resource Seminar Series

Shenandoah National Park is pleased to announce its Resource Seminars for 2010. Resource Seminars provide participants with the opportunity to get to know their national park a little more personally through hands-on opportunities and field experience. Seminars provide a more in-depth experience to learn from scientists, researchers, educators, and other experts about resource issues and recreational opportunities in Shenandoah National Park.

19Mar/10Off

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Winter in Shenandoah. For more on the 2010 Snowstorm and to view its photo gallery click here. Visiting Shenandoah National Park in the winter can be a magical experience.

19Mar/10Off

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NPS Photo: The GPS Ranger is an exciting new way to explore Shenandoah National Park.

6Mar/10Off

Shenandoah National Park Announces 2010 Spring Opening Dates

Shenandoah National Park Superintendent Martha Bogle announced that facilities closed during the winter season will begin opening in March and will continue to open through the spring.  Even though spring is just around the corner, park staff is continuing the hard work of clearing snow from the unprecedented 2010 winter season.  March opening dates below are tentative based on weather and successful snow clearing operations.

4Mar/10Off

Shenandoah National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Winter in Shenandoah. For more on the 2010 Snowstorm and to view its photo gallery click here. Visiting Shenandoah National Park in the winter can be a magical experience.

3Mar/10Off

Two Page County Residents Convicted of Hunting in Shenandoah National Park

In November, Shenandoah National Park Rangers charged two men with hunting in Shenandoah National Park, a federal misdemeanor crime.

23Feb/10Off

Shenandoah National Park to Ban Outside Firewood in March

Beginning March 1, 2010, Shenandoah National Park will institute an Outside Firewood Ban in an attempt to slow the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer.  The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is a destructive invasive exotic beetle that feeds on ash trees.

23Feb/10Off

Shenandoah National Park Travel Advisory

The recent severe winter storms have left Shenandoah National Park with heavy accumulations of snow resulting in the complete closure of Skyline Drive. Although crews are working to open the Drive to visitor use, park staff anticipates that it will be early March at the earliest before sections of the road can be opened to the public.

5Nov/090

Secretary Salazar Honors Veterans with Fee Free Day at National Parks

To honor America’s service men and women, Secretary of
the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that areas managed by the
department will not charge entrance fees on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

29Oct/090

Night Closing of the Skyline Drive During Virginia 2009 Hunting Season

Park Superintendent Martha Bogle announced today that portions of the Skyline Drive, the famed mountain road through Shenandoah National Park, will be closed at night during hunting season.  She noted that this is the thirtieth year that this closure has been undertaken and stressed its importance at reducing illegal hunting activity within the park, a sanctuary for wildlife, during the Commonwealth's hunting season outside the park.

29Oct/090

Shenandoah National Park to Begin 2009 Winter Operations Schedule

Shorter days and cooler nights remind us that the autumn travel season will come to an end, and signal the closing of facilities at Shenandoah National Park.  Superintendent Martha Bogle announced today that facilities will begin closing at the beginning of November.

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