Today we will explore the Camp Rapidan Wildlife Management Area, with its lovely narrow, rocky streams and forests that are more mature than in most other areas of Shenandoah National Park.

Although we normally view the well-known bluebells at Bull Run Regional Park at this time of year, the bluebells of Broad Run are at least equally abundant and the trails along which to see them are much less crowded.

Hike in the moonlight along the C&O Canal towpath to Great Falls, Maryland, 4 miles

Long hikers start at Camp Roosevelt, take Duncan Hollow Trail to the Gap Creek Trail, turn right, and ascend to the Duncan Knob spur.

This wild hike gets its name from its almost continuous ups and downs.

From the Visitor Center, all hikers will take a loop that provides vistas at Chimney Rock, Wolf Rock, Thurmont Visit, and the Blue Ridge Summit.

The recently created Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve did not take long to become a designated Virginia Treasure, and it is easy to see why.