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What: Join the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for a series of free hikes in Shenandoah National Park. Experience Shenandoah’s most beautiful trails, waterfalls, and vistas while also learning about plant life, the impact of global warming, and other important issues affecting our national parks. Please RSVP for your hike today, contact Erin St. John at or 540.886.6722.
Who: National Parks Conservation Association
When: August 4 - October 27,2007
Where: Shenandoah National Park
*Please see specific hikes for location, date, and time
August 4 at 11 aun.-Wilderness Buck Ridge Trail Loop
This moderately strenuous 5.6-mile hike will provide the perfect setting to discuss wilderness and back country issues that relate to national parks. Meet at the south end of Meadow Springs parking area, Mile Marker 35.5.
August 18 at 2 p.m.-Mercury at South River Falls
Spend the afternoon on this 4.4-mile moderate trail to South River Falls, the park’s third largest waterfall. Hikers can learn more about how mercury is polluting our parks and how NPCA is working to reduce this toxic pollutant. Meet at the South River Picnic Area, Mile Marker 62.8.
September 2 at 2 pum-Tree Identification on the Sugarloaf-Keyser Run Fire Road-Hogback Mountain Trail
Bring your tree guidebooks and explore Shenandoah’s forests on this 5.9-mile easy
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