BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Shenandoah Natl Park (Skyline Drive)

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1. SKY_061211_078.JPG: The Massanutten: An unusual name for an unusual mountain. Totally isolated within Shenandoah Valley, fifty-mile-long Massanutten Mountain begins and ends abruptly. From here you can see its north end. Called simply "The Massanutten," the mountain today is part of George Washington National Forest. The original of the name "Massanutten" is unknown. Why does Massanutten rise like it does? Wherever rock layers are exposed at the surface, they erode. Harder layers "resist" erosion and remain as ridges; softer layers erode into valleys. Long, parallel lines of resistant Massanutten Sandstone form Massanutten's ridges. To the north and south, the sandstone dips below the surface and Massanutten ends. Signal Knob: The high point near the end of the Massanutten is Signal Knob. During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers used Signal Knob as an observation and signal post. Message signals were relayed to stations farther south, and on to Richmond. The Union Army may have used Signal Knob for brief periods as well.
2. SKY_061211_083.JPG: The northern end of the Massanutten mountain. Signal Knob is in the upper middle of the picture.
3. SKY_061211_102.JPG: Piedmont: From here, looking east from the Blue Ridge crest, you see the Piedmont, a broad plain dotted with a few low hills. Noting similarities to their European homeland, early settlers named this land "piedmonte," Italian meaning "foot-of-the-mountains." The Piedmont's hills and small mountains rise as isolated peaks rather than long, straight ridges. Called "monadnocks," these hills survive as subtle, eroded reminders of great mountains that existed long before the Blue Ridge. The Piedmont has been dramatically altered by human activity. Three centuries of tilling grazing replaced the original hardwood forest. Good soils have eroded away, but what remains is still among the most intensely used earth in the United States.
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AAA "Gem": AAA considers this location to be a "must see" point of interest. To see pictures of other areas that AAA considers to be Gems, click here.
Wikipedia Description: Skyline Drive
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This article refers to the road in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. For the park itself, see Shenandoah National Park. For other roads named Skyline Drive, see Skyline Drive (disambiguation).

Skyline Drive is a 105 mile (169 km) road that runs the entire length of the National Park Service's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountains. The scenic drive is particularly popular in the fall when the leaves are changing colors. Annually, over two million people visit the Skyline Drive, which has been designated a National Scenic Byway.

Entry:

Major entry points to Skyline Drive are:

* Front Royal, Virginia (U.S. Highway 340), the northern terminus
* Thornton Gap (U.S. Highway 211)
* Swift Run Gap (U.S. Highway 33)
* Rockfish Gap (Interstate 64, U.S. Highway 250), the southern terminus.

As of June 2007, the entry fee for all vehicles is $15 for a single car, and $10 for motorcycles. Passes, which are valid for unlimited entries within a seven-day period, are issued. Payment may be made with cash, credit, or debit cards. A year-long pass can be purchased for $30.

Mileposts:

On the west side (right when travelling from north to south) of the drive mileposts are present. They are numbered from 0.0 to 105 (north to south). These are the reference points to directions in the drive.

Driving precautions:

The speed limit is 35 miles per hour (60 km/h). The road is very tortuous and hence such a limit is enforced. One might see stopped vehicles in the road either enjoying the wildlife or just turning to stop at an overlook. Bicycles, vehicles and pedestrians share the road. This requires extra precaution. There are also many deer, bear and other wildlife crossing the road, which can appear with no prior warning. The speed limit within the park is also strictly enforced by park police.

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