Shenandoah Valley

[will king]

I will be traveling to Shenandoah Valley, the souhtern portion. Does

anyone have suggestions on certain locations that are especially

worthy to photograph? I know the whole area is beautiful, but if

anynone can suggest a location with maybe a lake or a stream, I would

appreciate it. Thanks.

 

Will

[William Kahn]

Anywhere, man, just anywhere!<div></div>

[stephen_scardamalia]

If you're up for a little hiking there are lots of waterfalls. Round-trip hikes start at about 1.5mi and go up to (I think) about 7 or 8 miles.

[stephen_scardamalia]

I guess I should clarify that I'm talking about hikes within the Shenandoah Nat'l Park. You can probably find the waterfall info on their website.

[wbowman]

As others said, it is hard to no be in a beautiful place around the Valley. My favorite is White Oak Canyon trail.

 

http://www.hikingupward.com/SNP/WhiteOak/ [these are not my pics!]

 

I have only gone in the summer and it is certainly spectacular (several waterfalls and towering cliffs). I don't know how it will be in the November/December time frame as I think the leaves will be dropping quickly now.

[beauh44]

Here are a few shots from a trip I took down the Skyline Drive about two weeks ago... The colors were a bit subtle and I suspect by now that most of the foliage has gone. There was quite a bit of snow in a few spots above 3,000 feet or so. BTW, the same is true regarding peak leaf season (we're past it now) down along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke.<P>

 

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[will king]

These are great. I just came back and the trip was worthless. The trees were bare. Some locals told me I missed it by 4-5 days. They had a wind storm that blew all the leaves off. Oh, well. There's always next year. BTW, where's that lake? Its beautiful.

 

Will

[beauh44]

Thanks William, Actually that's the James River from (I think it's called) The Harry F. Byrd Memorial Bridge. I took a (bad!) picture of the bridge that I shot it from because it's sort of interesting. The Blue Ridge Pkwy is running on top and there's a walkway running directly underneath the parkway. This bridge spans the James and I just took a shot up the river from under the bridge. (Looking to the right of the bridge in the photo below) I obviously made this shot too dark but you'll get the idea. I think I was just south of Buena Vista, Virginia on the B.R. Parkway after driving down the Skyline Drive the day before.<p>

 

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[jeff h.]

I found a tripod highly useful when I was there about twenty years ago for taking nice,

over-lapping, panoramic photos.