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Shenandoah National Park Visitor Study: August 1988

Visitor Services Project Report 14

This report describes the results of a visitor mapping study undertaken at Shenandoah National Park during the summer and fall of 1987 by the Cooperative Park Studies Unit of the University of Idaho as part of the Visitor Services Project. One goal of this survey was to provide park managers with information about visitors to the park and the interpretive program.

Introduction -- Methods -- Results: Summer -- Visitors Contacted -- Visitor Characteristics -- Visitor Use of Time -- Visitor Activities -- Visitor Locations -- Special Question 1: Visitor Origin on Arrival Day -- Special Question 2: Park Exit Used by Departing Visitors -- Special Question 3: Park Information and Interpretive Services -- Special Question 4: Information Sources Consulted Prior to Visitor -- Special Question 5: Difficulty Locating Shenandoah National Park -- Special Question 6: Activity Participation at Big Meadows -- Results: Fall -- Visitors Contacted -- Visitor Characteristics -- Visitor Use of Time -- Visitor Activities -- Visitor Locations -- Special Question 1: Visitor Origin on Arrival Day -- Special Question 2: Park Exit Used by Departing Visitors -- Special Question 3: Park Information and Interpretive Services -- Special Question 4: Information Sources Consulted Prior to Visitor -- Special Question 5: Difficulty Locating Shenandoah National Park -- Special Question 6: Activity Participation at Big Meadows -- Significant Seasonal Variation -- Visitor Comment Summaries -- Introduction -- Summer -- Fall -- Menu for Further Analysis -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Questionnaire

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Shenandoah National Park, Code: SHEN
Social Science Division, Code: SSD

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Latitude: 38.3517684936523, Longitude: -78.5008163452148

Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 232014

Social Science Studies Collection

04/26/2004

07/26/1987 - 07/31/1987
10/04/1987 - 10/09/1987

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Gary E. Machlis University of Idaho

Dana E. Dolsen University of Idaho

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