17065 Skyline Dr,Front Royal,Florida
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Reviews
Nice to stop and orientate self with park, talk to ranger, get maps, and see mini museum. Has restrooms and a nice trail to hike across the road. Also a scenic view for pictures. Went on weekend, parking lot was busy but able to find a spot twice.
Great visitor center. We watched the film which was well done. Talked with a ranger who was extremely helpful to recommend trails that matched our capabilities. A great little store with a nice selection of souvenirs. Got my passport book stamped. Restrooms were very clean.
Great place to stop, stretch your legs, learn about the area, and take some pictures. There is a great trailhead right across the street so park here for that. Also, a really nice store to buy all kinds of Shenandoah National Park items.
The nice lady at the visitors center was very helpful and friendly. There is a nice view from here. There is plenty of parking here. There are restrooms here in a separate building.
We visited the park and did the entirety of Skyline Drive on a Sunday in early April. It was a beautiful sunny day and a little chilly. We started the trip in the 30s outside. We drove it from South to North. We entered through Rockfish Gap around 8AM and finished around 3PM at the north entrance. It was in the 60s by then. There are signs to warn that gas is not currently available in the park so make sure you have enough. When we arrived at big meadows there was fencing around the gas area. Looks like they were renovating. We had our final stop at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center. The restrooms were pretty far separated from the Visitor Center. The visitor center itself was much small than Byrd Visitor Center. They had their own passport cancellation stamp on the left hand side if you're entering from the back where most people were coming from. There is a little table. There are also a few exhibits you can see on the left hand side of the building. On the other side is the NPS store. They had a good selection of all the similar things from the Byrd Visitor Center's NPS store. Nothing stood out to us as different. Pins, hiking medallions, key chains, magnets stickers, apparel, books and posters etc. Although the size of this visitor center is much smaller than the Byrd Visitor Center I want to say there were more people at this one. There was a theater room that looked like it could show a short film but it was closed off. There were a ton of people outside just enjoying the fields and views. There were a good number of benches just out and about. We also noted that there were a ton more flies/gnats as we drove further north or maybe as it got warmer during the day. I didn't see any mosquitos specifically but still was a little annoying in the afternoon. This was just walking from bathroom area to the visitor center.