With our Sky Meadows state parks.
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Cullers Overlook at Sunset, Shenandoah River State Park
Whether you want a peaceful nature walk, an afternoon hike, or longer hikes, you can find a trail or trails on our Trail Quest challenge where you earn rewards for visiting parks and hiking at least one trail. In addition to the trails physically in our parks, our overnight accommodations at most of our parks and proximity to other public lands with extensive trails, make Virginia State Parks a great base camp for hiking vacations.
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Cabin 6 at Shenandoah River State Park makes a great base camp
for hiking in the park and in Shenandoah National Park
My friend who writes the The Shenanigans of Shawnee the Shepherd. If you have followed our articles for a while you may have read posts before that describe their visits and hikes. All of the pictures in this post today come from their blogs from their most recent visit in late October, early November.
Base Camp Cabin 6, Shenandoah River State Park
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The porch is a great place to relax after hiking
On their way from New Jersey, the hiking team stopped at Shawnee's post here.
Hiking in Shenandoah River State Park
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Shenandoah River with Massanutten Mountain in the distance
For details on their hikes in is here and includes this video.
Shenandoah National Park hikes
This was their second visit to Shenandoah River State Park and they included several hikes in the National Park.
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Shawnee on their Halloween hiking trip in Shenandoah National Park
See the details of the hikes: Howloween Edition. There are tons of great pictures so be sure and click on all the links. But I will share a couple here.
My favorite photo from their hikes is this one:
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The Day 2 hike post has several pictures of this bear
I also like this picture of Shawnee by what she calls "falling waters" from the day 3 hike, Rose River.
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One of several waterfall views
Shawnee and her mom would get an early start for their off park hikes.
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Early morning sunrise from the cabin area
I hope you have enjoyed these pictures and hike details from their visit. Gone Hikin' blog by typing the park name in the search window top left.
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Shawnee at Cullers Overlook
My thanks to both Shawnee and her mom for sharing such great details and photos of their adventures in and around Virginia State Parks! See you on the trail on January 1.