North Entrance and Dickey Ridge
The start of the Skyline Drive, in Front Royal, with the Dickey Ridge visitor center, overlooks of the valley and short forest trails.
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In the destination Shenandoah and Harpers Ferry.
In the photo: Old train station and Front Royal visitor center
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The city
Riverside town on the Shenandoah River, at the northern entrance of the Skyline Drive, about an hour and a half from Washington. It has the Dickey Ridge visitor center, just past the park entrance, the Skyline Caverns, known for anthodites, and canoe and tubing trips on the river.
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The local experience
The start of the Skyline Drive, in Front Royal, with the Dickey Ridge visitor center, overlooks of the valley and short forest trails.
Caves near Front Royal with anthodites, rare flower- or sea-urchin–like mineral formations, an underground creek and waterfalls inside the rock.