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Skyline Drive. / 38.54833°N 78.46056°W / 38.54833; -78.46056. Skyline Drive is a 105-mile (169 km) National Parkway that runs the entire length of the National Park Service 's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountains. The drive's northern terminus is at an ...
Scenic. Skyline Drive is a scenic roadway in Cañon City, Colorado. It was built by inmate labor in 1905. [1] The road starts from U.S. Highway 50 and gradually inclines up the side of a ridge. When the road crests, it winds, climbs, and falls like a roller coaster until near its end, where a scenic outlook overlooks both the city to the east ...
Blue Ridge Parkway Blue Ridge Parkway route map Route information Maintained by National Park Service Length 469 mi (755 km) Existed June 30, 1936 (1936-06-30) –present Tourist routes Blue Ridge Parkway Restrictions No commercial vehicles Major junctions North end US 250 / Skyline Drive in Rockfish Gap, VA Major intersections US 60 in Humphreys Gap, VA US 220 in Roanoke, VA US 58 in Meadows ...
Skyline Drive View from Skyline Drive's Pinnacles Overlook. The park is best known for Skyline Drive, a 105-mile (169 km) road that runs the length of the park along the ridge of the mountains. 101 miles (163 km) of the Appalachian Trail are also in the park. In total, there are over 500 miles (800 km) of trails within the park.
Map of Skyline Drive — the scenic parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains, within Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Date: 17 May 2014: Source: Own work, data from U.S ...
Tunnel clearance. 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) The Marys Rock Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel in the Blue Ridge Mountains. [1] Located at mile marker 32.2 on Skyline Drive, the scenic byway that traverses the length of Shenandoah National Park, it is the only vehicular tunnel in the park. Constructed in 1932 by workers employed with the Civilian ...
Skyline Drive is a 5.84-mile-long (9.40 km) road in Northern New Jersey, between Interstate 287 (I-287) in Oakland, Bergen County and County Route 511 (CR 511) in Ringwood, Passaic County, passing through Ringwood State Park in the Ramapo Mountains. It is a major route for those in the Ringwood and Wanaque area to get to Interstate 287.
Skyline Drive is designated a National Scenic Byway and a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Plans for the road date back to 1924 when a national park was planned in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the main feature was to be a "sky-line drive" providing views of the surrounding land.