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the Park, including many of its staff that live in Rappahannock and surrounding counties.
The Shenandoah National Park, which covers nearly 30 percent of Rappahannock County, helps define the beauty of our area like few other natural landmarks. It has become “part of [our] collective consciousness and memories of generations,” as noted in Shenandoah—The Story Behind the Scenery” a recent book published and sold by the Shenandoah National Park Association.
Appreciating the wilderness
2006 marks the 75th anniversary of Skyline Drive, considered by many as one of the world’s most famous and scenic highways. Skyline is located on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains that divide
counties to the east) and the Shenandoah Valley (Page and surrounding counties to the west). There are 75 overlooks along Skyline’s 105 miles, each offering visitors a chance to stop year around for a romantic “t£te a tete with nature” in this remarkable, dedicated wilderness of nearly 200,000 acres. It is the stuff that dreams are made of and is beautifully chronicled in another SNPA book, “The Greatest Single Feature ... A Sky-Line Drive,” by Reed Engle.
Romantic memories and reality, however, are out of sync these days in the Shenandoah National Park for a number of complex reasons, including other national priorities. For one thing, the National Park Service budget in terms of current dollars is not keeping up with inflation, and thus is
(Rappahannock and surrounding
91.4%