Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park

Name: Big Meadows
Address: Shenandoah National Park, United States

#9 among attractions in Shenandoah National Park

Archaeological site

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Big Meadows is a recreational area of the Shenandoah National Park in Madison County and Page County, in the US state of Virginia. The meadow is located on the Skyline Drive at Milepost 51 and contains the park's Harry F. Byrd Visitor Center, a lodge, camp store, and camping area. Several hiking trails can be accessed from Big Meadows, including the Mill Prong Trail which leads to Rapidan Camp on the Rapidan River, the fishing retreat of President Herbert Hoover from 1929–1933, which is now restored to its 1930s configuration. ()

Coordinates: 38°31'36"N, 78°26'23"W

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Shenandoah National Park United States

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Day trips

Big Meadows – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nakedtop, Hawksbill Mountain, Rapidan Camp, Stony Man Mountain.

2.8 miNE
Mountain
Nakedtop, Shenandoah National Park
72 min walk • Nakedtop is a summit in Page County, Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,734 feet, Nakedtop is the 157th highest mountain in Virginia. Nakedtop was so called because its peak has no trees. Nakedtop is visible from the Appalachian Trail.
3.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Hawksbill Mountain, Shenandoah National Park
80 min walk • Hawksbill Mountain is a mountain with an elevation of 4,050 feet. Marking the border between Madison County and Page County in Virginia, the summit of Hawksbill Mountain is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park, as well as the highest point in both Madison and Page counties.
2.7 miSE
History museum, Museum
Rapidan Camp, Shenandoah National Park
70 min walk • Rapidan Camp in Shenandoah National Park in Madison County, Virginia, was built by U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover, and served as their rustic retreat throughout Hoover's administration from 1929 to 1933.
6.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stony Man Mountain, Luray
157 min walk • Stony Man Mountain, also known as Stony Man, is a mountain in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia and is the most northerly 4,000 foot peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
0.8 miSE
Archaeological site
Big Meadows Site, Shenandoah National Park
22 min walk • The Big Meadows Site is an archaeological site on the National Register of Historic Places near Luray, Virginia. It is located in Shenandoah National Park.
7.3 miNE
Hiking, Wilderness hut
Corbin Cabin, Shenandoah National Park
187 min walk • The Corbin Cabin is a log structure built by George T. Corbin in 1909 in the Nicholson Hollow area of what is now Shenandoah National Park.
1.7 miE
Archaeological site
Gentle Site, Shenandoah National Park
44 min walk • The Gentle Site is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
0.9 miSE
Archaeological site
Cliff Kill Site, Shenandoah National Park
24 min walk • The Cliff Kill Site is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Its name derives from the discoverers' supposition that it was originally used as a buffalo jump.
4.3 miNW
Church
Graves Chapel and Cemetery, Stanley
111 min walk • Graves Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Graves Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Stanley, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a simple one-story, frame church building. It was enlarged about 1870.
1.1 miNE
Mountain pass, Nature
Fishers Gap, Shenandoah National Park
27 min walk • Fishers Gap is a wind gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains located on the border of Madison County and Page County in Virginia in the Shenandoah National Park. Both Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail pass across the gap.