Visitors are asked to leave these endangered flowers for others to enjoy. The Storybook Trail is 1.5 miles north of the visitor center and the Lion's Tale Trail is 8 miles north, just south of Camp Roosevelt. Travel east on VA 211 to New Market and continue 3 miles to visitor center. Nearby hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, picnicking. Hiking trails and picnic tables with grills nearby.
Trail brochures are free.
There is a charge for books and maps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who mobilized this vast supply of willing manpower in March of 1933 during the Great Depression, was on hand for the dedication of this first of 1,500 camps across the United States. Some of the original construction remains. The CCC worked to control floods and erosion, planted trees, fought forest fires, and built roads, trails, bridges, and recreation areas. From Edinburg, go southeast on VA 675 for 9 miles.