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Shenandoah National Park
Celebrates Wilderness
Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s wilder-* ness heritage during the 6th annual Wilderness Weekend, October 16 - 16, 2005. Celebrate wilderness and enjoy fall foliage by viewing Shenandoah’s wilderness from Skyline Drive, hiking a wilderness trail, joining a ranger program or stopping by a visitor center.
Two special events will take place at Byrd Visitor Center, milepost 51 on Skyline Drive. The first event will be a traditional tool demonstration from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. Shenandoah National Park Trail Crews and Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) volunteers will highlight the traditional tools used to maintain trails in wilderness. Visitors will have opportunities to try their hand at using these tools and will gain insight on the important role trail maintenance plays in protecting wilderness for future generations. The second event will be 30-minute ranger programs held at 11:30 and 3:30 each day. These programs will explore the history and values of Shenandoah’s wilderness. Commemorative Wilderness Weekend passport book ink stamps will be available at both Byrd Visitor Center and Dickey Ridge Visitor Center (mile 4.6).
Shenandoah’s wilderness was designated by Congress in October 1976. Forty percent of the park, almost 80,000 acres, is wilderness and represents one of the largest wilderness areas in the Eastern United States. Areas preserved as wilderness provide sanctuaries for human recreation, habitat for wildlife, sites for research, and reservoirs for clean, free-flowing water. Wilderness areas have been designated on public land across the United States. Ibday more than 106 million acres of public land are protected in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
For more information on Wilderness Weekend events, contact Shenandoah National Park’s Education Office at 540-999-3489.
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