Summary at a glance
Shenandoah National Park is listed as National Park in VA in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Just 75 miles from the bustle of Washington, D.C., Shenandoah National Park is a land bursting with cascading waterfalls, spectacular vistas, fields of wildflowers, and quiet wooded hollows. With over 200,000 acres of protected lands that are haven to deer, songbirds, and black bear, there's so much to explore...and your journey begins right here! Official NPS page Data snapshot: October 27, 2026: https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm.
Shenandoah National Park is listed as a National Park in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 5 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Listed month windows: May, April, and June.
Month-by-month
Month windows on this page: May, April, and June listed as the primary window; July, August, and June listed as peak months; May, April, and June listed as lower-crowd months.
Primary Window
Listed primary window: May, April, and June.
Peak months
Listed peak months: July, August, and June.
Lower-crowd months
Listed lower-crowd months: May, April, and June.
Getting there
Use the closest major airport and a regional drive plan for Shenandoah.
Shenandoah National Park is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, west of Washington, D.C. It stretches 105 miles and has four entrances: Front Royal (northern entrance), Thornton Gap, Swift Run Gap, and Rockfish Gap (southern entrance to Shenandoah and the northern entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway). The physical address listed is to the administrative offices, not the Park itself. GPS can be unreliable for navigating to the Park, so we encourage you to check out our website for more info.
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Clock, compare, and listen
Season and now
Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.
- Current hand
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Three listening lanes
Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.
Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.
Jamcorder: Shared station.
| Month | Visitability | Crowd pressure |
|---|---|---|
| January | 49 | 16 |
| February | 53 | 16 |
| March | 58 | 24 |
| April | 65 | 38 |
| May | 67 | 50 |
| June | 65 | 64 |
| July | 62 | 78 |
| August | 62 | 74 |
| September | 63 | 60 |
| October | 64 | 62 |
| November | 62 | 30 |
| December | 54 | 18 |
The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.
Methodology
This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for Shenandoah National Park, the 5 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.
- Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
- Source cards: 5
Data Behind This Reading
Source provenance
NPS identity
highShenandoah National Park is identified as National Park with NPS code shen.
SourceNPS operations and access
highOfficial NPS page for Shenandoah, Data snapshot: October 27, 2026: https://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm.
SourceWeather signal
mediumShenandoah coordinates 38.49236644, -78.46907715 map to the NWS points URL. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.
SourceActivities and visit modes
mediumShenandoah NPS snapshot lists activities including Auto and ATV, Scenic Driving, Astronomy, and Stargazing.
SourceHow this page is assembled
highplace page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.
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