Skyline Drive General Info

Shenandoah National Park is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia just west of Washington, D.C. and stretches over 100 miles from its northern entrance at Front Royal to its southern entrance near Waynesboro.

Park Superintendent
3655 US Highway 211 East
Luray, VA 22835

Phone:

Information Line
(540) 999-3500

Emergency Line
(800) 732-0911

Car:

Four highways bisect the park and numerous gateway communities offer additional services. The park's four entrances are located at

Front Royal accessible via I-66 and Route 340
Thornton Gap accessible via Route 211
Swift Run Gap accessible via Route 33
Rockfish Gap accessible via I-64 and Route 250 (Rockfish Gap is also the northern entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway.)

Shenandoah National Park is always open. However, portions of Skyline Drive, the only public road through the park, are periodically closed during inclement weather and at night during deer hunting season. Visitors can still enter the park on foot to hike even when the Drive is closed.
Facilities and services begin operating in March and close down completely in late November. Lodging and restaurant facilities are operated by ARAMARK, the park's official concessioner. Visitor Centers offer exhibits, videos, park bookstores, and general information about Shenandoah National Park

Entrance Fees:

VEHICLE

December through February
$10.00 per private, non-commercial vehicle

March through November
$15.00 per private, non-commercial vehicle Pass is valid for day of purchase and next six days Includes passenger cars, pickup trucks, RVs, vans, and converted buses.

MOTORCYLE

$10.00
Pass is valid for day of purchase and next six days

INDIVIDUAL

December through February
$5.00 per person 16 years of age or older when entering by means other than a private, non-commercial vehicle.

March through November
$8.00 per person 16 years of age or older when entering by means other than a private, non-commercial vehicle.

Pass is valid for the day of purchase and next six day