It consist of 105 miles of slow, relaxed driving with countless vista views, hiking and wildlife viewing.

This bald area of huge boulders is really the eroded away root of an ancient mountain that once stood several times…

Passed by a historic cemetery site of the mountain people residing here prior to the establishment of the park.

In fact, the north face of Hawksbill Peak is a 2,500-foot drop into Timber Hollow, which is the largest elevation…

From thornton,s gap parking, it is 2 miles and about 1200 feet up in elevation to Mary,s Rock.

This set of falls combines a series of cascades up to the set of falls.

The viewpoints present astonishing 360° and 180° views of the park.

Each trail was its own unique adventure to us, through waterfalls, high peaks, wooded seclusion, or high volume trails…

This area was developed before the national park, hotel, dining, stables.

Dickey Ridge is the first national Park Service Visitor Center as you enter the Shenandoah National Park from the north.

This is an example of columnar jointing and demonstrates how ancient lava jutted up from within the earth.

The complete loop is between 7.5-8 miles with about 1300 ft. elevation.

Well marked trail that leads (eventually) to the park's highest waterfall.

The falls really consist of two cascades with a total drop of about 70 feet.

There is bathrooms, a shelter with 4 fireplaces, a number of water fountains and water spigots.

The hike to the actual falls is 1.7 miles from the trailhead with about 850 feet of vertical.

The trail descends following Cedar Run downstream, dropping around 2000 vertical feet in just a couple miles.

This still-used Cemetery is the final resting place of some of the mountain folk who used to live in the area now known…

Monarch butterflies, a Ribbon Snake, Eastern Towhees, chipmunks and a vole.

There is an iron railing and a small landing from which to view the falls.

Spacious and many picnic tables/seats available, with spots for grilling.

There is a lot of elevation change as you descend from 2,800 ft. at the trailhead on Skyline Drive (mile post 76.2) to…