Shenandoah offers a historic roadway in Skyline Drive, protected wilderness reclaimed after centuries of human use, American stories ranging from a president’s summer retreat and an early 20th-century resort to the Civilian Conservation Corps and desegregation, the close experience of nature at Big Meadows, a celebrated stretch of the Appalachian Trail along its crest, and broad views across Virginia’s rural landscape, all bound together by the need to protect the park’s natural and cultural treasures with the help of surrounding communities.