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Skyline drive is a 105 mile scenic drive that runs the length of Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. The road runs generally along the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the park. The drive is particularly popular in the fall leading to congestion most weekends. Annually over two million people visit the park.

Personally I have seen countless deer along the drive as well as wild turkeys, several large black bears and cubs and even a bobcat. I visit Big Meadows every summer as the Fawns generally foal the last week of May through the first week of June, making for some memorable early morning photography.

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16 Comments on Skyline Drive-Shenandoah National Park

OCT
15
2008
118,339 Points

check! Just added to my list of places to visit. Thanks for the photos.
6:48pm • #1

Steve-

It really is beautiful, miles and miles of hiking trails, wildlife, white-water rafting, and history it really is a wonderful travel destination.
7:54pm • #2
OCT
16
2008
225,419 Points 4 Featured Posts

Bryant - It looks beautiful, an area I want to see one day. I read about it when reading "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson, but now that I've seen how beautiful it is, I may need to move it up the To Do list!
12:11am • #3

Karen-

fall and Spring are my favorite times to visit but Winter is certainly pretty to with the snow.
6:40am • #4
208,350 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog

Bryant, Your photos are always so beautiful.  Thanks for sharing them.  And like Steve, I just added another to my list of places I want to visit.
1:18pm • #5

Bob-

Thank you, I have been thinking lately that I get so much positive feedback about my photography and I am enjoying writing these travel blogs that I am toying with the idea of writing a few travel magazine articles or a travel book with my photography included! Thanks again for all the encouragement and I will continue to post my images as long as people are enjoying them.
1:36pm • #6
OCT
18
2008
1,033,824 Points 46 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Bryant  Skyline - we love to spend a few days at Big Meadows Lodge in the Fall, but couldn't make it this year.  My husband has camped with his Boy Scout troop in all four seasons,  Karen
1:27pm • #7
OCT
19
2008

Karen-

My wife and I get to skyline several times a year and we love it.
10:13am • #8
395,129 Points 6 Featured Posts Hit Router

My grandfather wrote "Memories of a Lewis Mountain Man" to chronicle life on the Shenandoah National Forest before the Skyline Drive.
12:03pm • #9

Will-

That is awesome I am going to buy that book today. I have read several books on the residents of the area before the forcible removal of the inhabitants around Grandfather Mountain, Syria, and the surrounding counties. Thank you for referring me to this new book!
1:45pm • #10
OCT
20
2008
1 Featured Post Outside Blog

Breathtaking photos. 
12:11pm • #11

Jason & Amber-

Thank you very much for the kind words on my images!
12:36pm • #12
OCT
22
2008
591,941 Points 22 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

I love deer. They're like children, with gangly legs and boney elbows, but at the same time, they're graceful. I know. It's a strange description, but that's how I see them.
6:00pm • #13
OCT
23
2008
481,309 Points 36 Featured Posts Outside Blog

MAJESTIC! 

Like a breath of fresh air!

Great job with the lens!

Thank you!
11:18pm • #14
OCT
27
2008

Lisa-

This deer was less than6 feet away, I didn't even need to put a telephoto lens on my canon.
5:52pm • #15

Mirela-

Thank you very much, that's some compliment and I truly appreciate it!
5:53pm • #16

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