Virginia.  Shenandoah National Park.  South Section
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Maps:

• Software - Topo! Mid-Atlantic

• PATC Map 9, 10, 11

• 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

Books:

• 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, 2^d 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

           There are two big hike groups in the Southern Section: one starting with Brown Mountain and the other including Austin and/or Furnace mountain.  I put separator lines to distinguish between  them