<Tr> <Th> Governing body </Th> <Td> National Park Service </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Shenandoah National Park </Td> </Tr> <P> Shenandoah National Park / ˈʃɛnənˌdoʊə / (often / ˈʃænənˌdoʊə /) is a national park that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia . The park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and Valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east . Although the scenic Skyline Drive is likely the most prominent feature of the park, almost 40% of the land area 79,579 acres (124.342 sq mi; 32,204 ha; 322.04 km) has been designated as wilderness and is protected as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System . The highest peak is Hawksbill Mountain at 4,051 feet (1,235 m). </P> <P> The park encompasses parts of eight counties . On the west side of Skyline Drive they are, from northeast to southwest, Warren, Page, Rockingham, and Augusta counties . On the east side of Skyline Drive they are Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, and Albemarle counties . The park stretches for 105 miles (169 km) along Skyline Drive from near the town of Front Royal in the northeast to near the city of Waynesboro in the southwest . The park headquarters are located in Luray . </P>

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