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Getting to Shenandoah National Park

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. (Click to see a map)

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.)

Airports
The closet major airports are
  • Washington Dulles International (IAD): 56 miles to Front Royal
  • Reagan National (DCA): 70 miles to Front Royal
  • Shenandoah Valley Regional (SHD): 27 miles to Swift Run Gap
  • Charlottesville-Albemarle (CHO): 31 miles to Rockfish Gap