It's definitely doable and it will depend on how long you spend at the scenic overlooks. Don't feel compelled to do every one. Do a Google search for best scenic overlooks on skyline drive and you'll find results for the 10 best, 20 best etc. Pick and choose but be sure to pick some on each side of the road. Once you enter the drive, get a map - yes the old fashioned paper kind - and circle the names of the stops you decided to take. It is so much easier to see the stops on the paper map than on your cell phone screen. Your traveling partner will look at the map and give you a heads up of the stop as you approach. Of course you could put each stop in your gps program on your phone too.

Yes there are a few pull off places where you can stop and have a picnic or stay in your car. I think there are a couple of camping areas to. But if you want to camp I would call ahead to make sure they have sites available. Enjoy!!

The park and Skyline Drive are open year round. You do have to buy a park pass ($30 for 7 days) to get on Skyline Drive. You can buy it online through the National Park Service and skip the line.

During the summer if you get there early there is a lot of parking, but the lots fill up. Due to COVID there are a lot less people. Skyland about mile marker 40 had a lot of parking.

We didn’t have problems arriving after lunch.

November is a tricky time of year in the Shenandoah. We've been when the weather has been perfectly glorious and when there has been snow on the ground. If this is the case, please remember that the NPS does not use the same traditional treatments on their roads as in towns/cities/interstates. It also is closed when weather conditions warrant it and is on their recorded line to keep you posted. Without road issues the Skyline Drive is certainly doable especially if all you are doing is Skyline Drive. Start out through the Front Royal entrance (start with a FULL tank of gas, plenty of gas stations in Front Royal). Depending on when you visit in November, many facilities are closed or are closed. Visitor Center hours begin to change (Dicky Ridge, Byrd Visitor Center), but most will still have bathroom facilities open. Skyland Resort and Big Meadows Lodge and Lewis Mountain, close during November, with Big Meadows closing before Skyland. Skyland typically closes the weekend immediately following Thanksgiving. Not sure when Lewis Mountain normally closes but will probably be along the line of Big Meadows I think. All are excellent overnight facilities. There are campgrounds in various parts of Skyline Drive. ALL these facilities are located on Skyline Drive. If you use AAA, you will also get a discount for overnight stays if you ask. The overlooks are amazing and especially if you are at Big Meadows at night, it is a wonderful night-sky without light interference giving you incredible views of the Milky Way, other constellations and planets. We were there just last week photographing the Comet Neowise. There is one gas station, at Big Meadows near the Wayside at the Byrd Visitor Center. This is probably your only opportunity if you need gas. The overlooks are wonderful and you should plan to stop at as many as you can. If time allows and you want to spend a couple of hours going for a quick hike to a waterfall, I'd suggest DARK HOLLOW FALLS, also right near Big Meadows, with a generous parking area and a well marked path. It is steep going down (the easy part) but also a bit strenuous going back up. We see plenty of families hike it all the time. You are rewarded with a beautiful falls at the bottom making for wonderful photo op's, and if you're lucky, you'll see wildlife along the way....wild turkey, deer and hopefully no bears. We have never seen bears along that trail. I'd suggest getting a map and sort of mapping out how much time you want to spend at any given area. If you're going on through the Blue Ridge Parkway, available lodging on the Virginia side, on the BRP includes PEAKS OF OTTER (north of Roanoke) This is a lovely lodge with plenty of rooms, great hiking and dining facilities. There is also a NPS station close by. Study up and enjoy your trip. We've traveled both sections countless times and it never gets old. Good luck and hopefully the weather will cooperate for you. DO KEEP the NPS status number on your phone for updates. That number is SNP: 1-540-999-3500 (you'll be prompted from there) BRP: 1-828-298-0398 Great Smoky Mtn. NP: 1-865-436-1200 Hope I was able to help. Let me know if other questions.

I would say the Front Royal Entrance would be the best from Boston. - Front Royal Entrance Station - Most northern entrance (Mile 0.6), accessible via U.S. 340 (5 minutes from the town of Front Royal) - Thornton Gap Entrance Station - (Mile 31.5), accessible via U.S. 211 (15 minutes from downtown Luray) - Swift Run Gap Entrance Station - (Mile 65.7), accessible via U.S. 33 - Rockfish Gap Entrance Station - Most southern entrance (Mile 105.4), accessible via I-64 and U.S. 250 I recommend The Village Inn for accommodation.

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I would consider it absolutely redundant to drive through "Shenandoah NP" twice. It is no problem to cross the road to an outlook on the other side of the road.