MotoRevRoute Scenic Staff Pick
Skyline Drive
Front Royal to Rockfish Gap
- Distance
- 105 mi
- Riding Time
- 3h 06m
- Climb
- 8,681 ft
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- April through November. Fall color in October is the busiest time of year.
- Closures
- Sections close during snow and ice and for other hazards. A park entrance fee is charged.
- Fuel
- Fuel inside the park is limited and seasonal. Fill up in Front Royal, Luray or Waynesboro.
- Watch For
- A 35 mph limit that is enforced, deer and black bears on the road, cars stopping at overlooks, and fog on the ridge.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
Skyline Drive runs the full length of Shenandoah National Park along the crest of the Blue Ridge, with dozens of overlooks facing the Shenandoah Valley to the west and the Piedmont to the east. It passes Skyland, near the highest point of the drive, and Big Meadows, and ends at Rockfish Gap where the Blue Ridge Parkway begins. The curves are gentle and the pace is slow, so it is a road for views rather than speed.
Stops
- StartFront Royal
- FinishRockfish Gap
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