<P> Skyline Drive is a 105 - mile ( 169 km ) road that runs the entire length of the National Park Service 's Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia , generally along the ridge of the mountains . The drive 's northern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 340 ( US 340 ) near Front Royal , and the southern terminus is at an interchange with US 250 near Interstate 64 ( I - 64 ) in Rockfish Gap , where the road continues south as the Blue Ridge Parkway . The road has intermediate interchanges with US 211 in Thornton Gap and US 33 in Swift Run Gap . Skyline Drive is part of Virginia State Route 48 , which also includes the Virginia portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway , but this designation is not signed . </P>
where does the skyline drive begin and end
at an intersection with U.S. Route 340 ( US 340 ) near Front Royal at an interchange with US 250 near Interstate 64 ( I - 64 ) in Rockfish Gap