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Region: Shenandoah Valley

If you love the mountains, heavily wooded forests, and brilliant fall colors, then the Shenandoah Valley should satisfy you completely, especially if you love winter activities like downhill and cross country skiing, or snowmobiling. When the snow melts, come back again and bring your golf clubs and hiking boots, because you'll need both!

Learn more about the amazing outdoor destinations in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia by clicking the links below:

• Douthat State Park
  

  Editors of the 1999 Outside Family Vacation Guide, a summer planner, have named Virginia's very own Douthat State Park one of the nation's 10 best. It's on the National Register of Historic Places and straddles Bath and Alleghany counties. Douthat was one of the original six Virginia State Parks to open on June 15, 1936. Douthat is nestled in the Allegheny Mountains and features some of Virginias most outstanding scenery. In addition, a 50-acre lake offers swimming, boating and seasonal trout fishing.LOCATION: From I-64, take Exit 27 near Clifton Forge. Turn North onto State Route 629 (highway at exit ramp). Travel north two miles to the park entrance sign and another four miles to the park office.

• Shenandoah River State Park
  

  The park is 1,619 acres with 5.6 miles of river frontage along the south fork of the Shenandoah River. The rolling, mountainous land features steep slopes and is mostly wooded. In addition to meandering river frontage, the park offers scenic vistas overlooking Massanutten Mountain to the west and Shenandoah National Park to the east.

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