Shenandoah National Park

Thu, Oct 21, 2021

National Park #11

In the fall of 2021, we decided to visit Washington D.C. Since this would be our third trip to the area, we wanted to re-visit a few favorites but also check out a few new things. Shenandoah National Park is less than 90 minutes outside of the DC area, so it was a no-brainer to spend a few days in the park.

As we drove in to the park on our first evening, the fog settled in and gave the park a very spooky feel.

The next morning, we ventured out to hike the Stony Man Trail. Unfortunately, the fog had settled in and the view at the end of the trail wasn’t all that spectacular.

After our hike, it was off to Monticello to explore Thomas Jefferson’s home.

We woke up the next morning to more fog. But that didn’t stop us from getting in a full day of hiking. We started with Dark Hollow Falls.

After a stop at the visitor’s center and chatting with a ranger, we decided to hike the Bearfence Trail. It’s probably a good thing that the fog obscured our views because some of the rock scrambling was a little scary and Zoe and I would have probably noped out if we could have seen where we were going.

Our third trail for the day was the Limberlost Trail.

Then we decided to hike a bit of the Appalachian Trail. We started at Timber Hollow Overlook and hiked to Crescent Rock Overlook. Neither overlook provided picturesque views but it was a good way to end a day of hiking.

We woke to more fog in the mountains so we decided to skip hiking and head back towards the city.

Even though the weather was not in our favor, we enjoyed our time in Shenandoah National Park.