Big Meadows Brush Burning Planned
Officials of the Shenandoah National Park report about 35 acres of the Big Meadows area along Skyline Drive in Virginia will have a controlled burning sometime between April 13 and May 15, 2015. The controlled burn is to clear trees, shrubs and other underbrush from overtaking the acreage. The burn will improve the view across from the nearby Byrd Visitor Center. The burn should only take one day and access to the area will be restricted the day of the burn.
Dogwood trees in bloom along Skyline Drive this spring
Big Meadows is a recreational area of the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. It is located on the Skyline Drive at Milepost 51. Big Meadows has the Byrd Visitor Center, a lodge, a camp store, and a camping ground. The area also has several hiking trails. Big Meadows is popular area along Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park.
Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway in the spring time is a great time to see the Virginia and North Carolina mountains come to life. The trees are just budding out with new green tender leaves and the flowers and shrubs are starting to bloom. Dogwood trees, daffodils, rhododendron, azaleas, and mountains laurel are just starting to put on their spring time colors. Typical blooming time along Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway is April and May in the low to mid-elevation. The higher elevation areas typically do not bloom until June or early July. The next several weeks will be ideal for a ride through the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. With the drop in gas prices fuel up the car or motorcycle and head to the hills for a beautiful show of spring time colors!
See the first 16 miles of Skyline Drive by motorcycle…
