Books on Shenandoah National Park
Below is a listing of many of the books available about Shenandoah National Park. These range from hiking guides, to comprehensive information books and photo books. We use some of these ourselves, and note that in the descriptions. At the bottom of each listing, we list a number of places where these can be currently purchased. Click on the logo of the store you would like to use. Note that books occasionally go out of stock or are discontinued at certain stores. In this case, simply try another merchant, if available.
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Hiking Shenandoah National Park
This is the Shenandoah National Park entry in the extensive Falcon Guides series. When looking for a hiking guide book of a park, we generally look for the Falcon Guide first. With few exceptions, they are very good at what they do, and we like to have a consistent format to get used to. Like most books in the Falcon series, there is also a much shorter "Best Easy Day Hikes" companion book, that describes only the shorter hikes. It is listed next.
Best Easy Day Hikes Shenandoah National Park
This is the Shenandoah National Park entry in the extensive Falcon Guides Best Easy Day Hikes series. This is the shorter version of the book above. It focuses on the shorter, easier hikes in the book, although some can still be quite steep. There is less general information, and the trail information is more abbreviated, but if all you plan to do is the quick and easy trails, you can save a little money over the full guide above.
Day and Overnight Hikes: Shenandoah National Park
This is another hiking guide to Shenandoah National Park. Personally, we prefer the Falcon format. However, if you don't, this is an outstanding guide to hiking in the park. We also own this book, and can recommend it.
Shenandoah National Park Simply Beautiful
This is a beautiful hardcover photo book of Shenandoah National Park. Those looking for a nice coffee table book of the park would enjoy this book.
Shenandoah: The Story Behind the Scenery
This is the Shenandoah National Park edition of the very common "The Story Behind the Scenery" series. These books are very commonly found in the visitor centers and gift shops of the parks. They are short, but they provide good photos and general information on the park itself.
