Shenandoah, Official Map and Guide, NPS, free (good for finding campgrounds and to see the general layout of the park)
Nat. Geographic. Trails Illustrated map. #228 Shenandoah National Park, VA
USGS 1:62,500 maps: USGS Shenandoah North, Middle, South: 1: 62,500
Circuit Hikes in Shenandoah National Park, Ed. 14, 1996
Appalachian Trail Guide to Shenandoah National Park with Side Trails, PATC. Ed. 12, 1999 (sometimes includes PATC Maps 9, 10, 11)
Hikes to Waterfalls in Shenandoah National Park, 1997
Hike America: VA – an Atlas of VA’s Greatest Hiking Adventures, Bill and Mary Burnham, 2001
75 Hikes in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, 2d ed, Russ Manning
50 Hikes in Northern VA – Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mtns to the Chesapeake Bay, 2d ed., Leonard M. Atkins, 2000
Cabins, PATC, 2004
The Trails of Virginia, Hiking the Old Dominion, 3d ed., Allen de Hart, 2003
Waterfalls of VA and WV – a Hiking and Photography Guide, Kevin Adams, 2001
Hikes to Waterfalls in Shenandoah National Park, 1997
Historical books:
Shenandoah Secrets. The Story of the Park’s Hidden Past. Carolyn and Jack Reeder. PATC 1991
Shenandoah Vestiges. What Mtn. People Left Behind. Carolyn and Jack Reeder. PATC 1980
Shenahdoah Heritage. The Story of the People Before the Park. Carolyn and Jack Reeder. PATC 1978, reprint 2000
Memories of a Lewis Mtn. Man. John W. Stoneberger. PATC 1993
The Dean Mtn. Story. Gloria Dean. PATC 1982
Lost Trails and Forgotten People. PATC 1981. Ed. 3, 2004
Skyland. The Heart of the Shenandoah National Park, George Freeman Pollock, 1960
Notes: Appalachian Trail (AT) is always blazed White!
In the Shenandoah Nat. Park Blue blazed trails are for hikers only, and Yellow are shared between horse riders and hikers
The maps and books listed above are for the whole park, not just for this page
Hikes in this section are organized North to South and then by date
Hike 1. Rose River Fire Road - Doubletop Horse Trail - Rt. 670
Club: Jack's Trace. Jack's merged trace
Date: 03/04/2006
Parking: good for up to 5 cars
Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: RoseRiverFireRd_DoubletopHorseTr_Rt670_GPS20060304JThorsen.tpo; RoseRiverFireRd_DoubletopHorseTr_Rt670_GPS20060304Merged_JThorsen.tpo
Warnings: lots of road walking. Some houses along the roads have vicious dogs.
Hike 2. Doubletop - Camp Hoover - Big Meadows
Club: Chris Nolen and the Tuesday Group Hikers; my scouting traces and leading for MWROP
Date: 03/18/2003; 10/11/2003; 11/22/2003; 03/30/2004; 10/17/2005; 02/22/2006; 03/22/2009
Parking: good for about 5 cars
Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20030318CNolen.tpo; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20031011.tpo; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20031122.tpo; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20040330CNolen.tpo; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20051017.tpo; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20060222CNolen.tpo; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20090322.tpo
Description File: Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20031011.doc; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20031122.doc
GPS TrackMaker Trace: Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20031011.gtm; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20031122.gtm; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20051017.gtm; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20090322.gtm
Garmin MapSource Trace: Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20090322.gdb
Universal GPS Format: Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20090322.gpx
Notes: one of the best hikes out there. Also one of the least known. Also one of the most strenuous. Different variations are shown here. I prefer my own, which is the last hike. Originally this hike was designed by Glenn Palatini, Chris Nolen and Jack Thorsen.
Photo Album: Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20051017; Doubletop_CampHoover_BigMeadows_GPS20090322
Hike 3. Doubletop and Chapman Mountains - Rt. 648
Club: Jack and William leading for MWROP
Date: 11/09/2002
Parking: good for up to 5 cars
Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: Doubletop_ChapmanMtnTr_Rt648_GPS20021109.tpo
Description File: Doubletop_ChapmanMtnTr_Rt648_GPS20021109.doc
GPS TrackMaker Trace: Doubletop_ChapmanMtnTr_Rt648_GPS20021109.gtm; Doubletop_ChapmanMtnTr_Rt648_GPS20021109Map.gtm - last file is 3.8MByte because it includes an underlying scan of the section of the PATC map 10
Warnings: strenuous, lots of road walking
Hike 4. Doubletop Loop and Side Trails
Club: in both cases my scouting with different people; I also decided to put the merges map of all the Doubletop trails compiled by Jack
Date: 12/21/2002; 04/20/2003; 04/19/2003
Parking: good
Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: DoubletopLoop_GPS20021221.tpo; DoubletopLoopPlus_GPS20030420.tpo; Doubletop_GPS20030419Merged_JThorsen.tpo
Description File: DoubletopLoop_GPS20021221.doc; DoubletopLoopPlus_GPS20030420.doc
GPS TrackMaker Trace: DoubletopLoop_GPS20021221.gtm; DoubletopLoopPlus_GPS20030420.gtm
Warnings: some road walking. Lots of gain on the second trip
Hike 5. Doubletop South - Chapman Mountain Trail
Club: Jack and me scouting
Date: 09/08/2002
Parking: the road to the parking used to be horrible, designed for the 4WD cars with high clearance. Don't know how it is now
Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: DoubletopSouth_ChapmanMtnTr_GPS20020908.tpo
Description File: DoubletopSouth_ChapmanMtnTr_GPS20020908.doc
Hike 6. Doubletop South with Side Trails
Club: my scouting
Date: 09/04/2004
Parking: good
Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: ..\AB_ShenandoahNPCentral\05DoubletopMtn\DoubletopSouthSideTrails_GPS20040904.tpo
GPS TrackMaker Trace: ..\AB_ShenandoahNPCentral\05DoubletopMtn\DoubletopSouthSideTrails_GPS20040904.gtm
Warnings: very strenuous