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A Blue Ridge Parkway section opened July 21 near Linville Falls and Beacon Heights, as crews push through the first round of ...
Here's the latest on recovery efforts for the roadway that's been closed for nearly a year. More openings are expected soon.
A 12-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Blowing Rock and Linville Falls reopened Monday, July 21, after ...
Part of the Blue Ridge Parkway is set to reopen after an extended period of repairs following Hurricane Helene.
A 12-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened following repairs due to damage from Hurricane Helene, with more ...
Travelers can now access the parkway from mile marker 469, U.S. Route 441 near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, through mile marker 423.2, Beech Gap, according to the park service.
ASHEVILLE - About 200,000 fewer people visited the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2022 as did the previous year, according to the National Park Service.. But that amounts to just a tiny blip – just over ...
Since 1946, The Blue Ridge Parkway has become the most frequently visited site within the national park system. In 2023, about 16.7 million people visited the parkway, about a million more than ...
Blue Ridge Parkway isn’t exactly the park you envision when you think of Yosemite or Grand Teton.Instead, it’s a series of forested lands connected by a 469-mile stretch of roadway traipsing ...
At Milepost 423.3, the Blue Ridge Parkway passes through Beech Gap at an elevation of 5,340 ft. (Alexander C. Armstrong | National Park Service) By WDBJ7 Staff Published : Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM EDT ...
A South Carolina man visiting the Blue Ridge Parkway on July 13 has died, according to the National Park Service.
For the third time in two months, a motorcycle crash proved fatal on the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to the National Park ...