Air Quality Interactive Feature (Accessible Version)

 
Collage of four photos. 1, a man overlooking the fall colors on mountains in the distance; 2, a NPS employee with air quality sampling equipment; 3, a butterfly on a milkweed flower; 4, moss and lichen covered boulders line a mountain stream.
Clean air helps us breathe easy and see far. It keeps our park and our planet healthy too.

In this virtual field trip of Shenandoah National Park, you will visit several locations that highlight the importance of clean air. As you explore you can also learn about how park scientists study air quality and its effects in the park.

During this field trip, feel free to explore as much as you wish—images, data, video, and more—so that when you visit Shenandoah National Park you will better understand the role of air quality in this special place.
 
A photographer captures a sunset over the Shenandoah Valley from Pass Mountain Overlook.
Pass Mountain Overlook

Pass Mountain Overlook is a National Historic Landmark. It is one of 148 overlook and vista points along Skyline Drive.

The Milky Way Galaxy cuts across the night sky above the Skyline Drive, Big Meadows sign.
Big Meadows

Big Meadows is a nationally significant cultural landscape. The 440-acre Big Meadows site is situated at milepost 51 on Skyline Drive, direc

 
Clear water flows over rocks in a mountain stream.
Dark Hollow Stream

Shenandoah National Park is home to about 90 perennial streams. All of the streams in the park eventually feed into the Chesapeake Bay.

The air quality station consists of numerous measuring devices behind a fenced area.
Air Quality Station

At the air quality station in Shenandoah National Park, scientists monitor air quality as part of a nationwide air quality monitoring networ

Last updated: February 26, 2019

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