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Shenandoah National Park - Where the Mountains Chase the Sky Links on this site give information on things helpful to your trip in this area. Rangers at the park conduct interpretive programs at different parts of the park. You can contact them at the parks visitor center to find out what programs are avialable or call the phone number this lists. I checked the photo gallery and the sunset was a winner. There are lots of other links at this colorful, enjoyable site. Have fun planning your Virginia hike through this queen of valleys. Virginia State Parks –James River State Park There is a map at the top of the page showing Price William Forest Park trail and campground locations. Insert smaller map shows where in Virginia this park is located –the top eastern side close to coast. The park is located 32 miles south of Washington D.C. Several streams flow through its 17,000 acres with waterfalls and numerous hiking and biking trails. Links on this page help with learning more about activities locally and state wide.
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Plenty
of hiking in the beautiful Shenandoah national park with over five hundred
trails winding among nearly 200,000 acres. The scenic park is located close
to Washington D.C and the Blue Ridge mountains and the historic Appalachian
trail in Luray, Virginia. A favorite get a way offering hikes along clear
rushing streams and numerous waterfalls where you can catch glimpses of wildlife
and birds and see abundant wildflowers in the spring.
James
River State park is one of the newest parks in the state and is more on the
rugged primitive side. It offers nearly twenty miles of hiking trails. It
is located in Buckingham county Virginia. 
There
are two camping areas, Branch Pond and Canoe Landing. Guided canoe floats
are offered for a stretch of two miles down the scenic historical James River
each weekend from May through September. This site has a long page of information
about what is available at the park for camping and activities. In the left
margin of this photo page is a long list of links to parks and natural areas.
Back to the main page there are lots of links at the bottom of the page too.
With all this help folks should be able to plan a hiking trip in this Virginia
area very easily.
