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The beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway travels 469 miles along the spine of the ancient Blue Ridge Mountains, from Rockfish Gap, ...
With more than 100 species of trees, the Blue Ridge Parkway is a prime spot for a fall getaway and leaf-peeping. The 469-mile roadway passes through six mountain chains in the Appalachians in ...
A map of the sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway where emergency repair and recovery work is underway as of February 2025. The map does not represent all areas where damaged occurred.
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/NPS Release) - The Blue Ridge Parkway is implementing a full road closure and detour along the park’s corridor in Roanoke, from milepost 95.9 at Montvale Overlook (south of ...
The fastest route from the Triangle drive to the Blue Ridge Parkway takes you north west, to Afton, Va., It is about 2 hours and 45 minutes along Interstate 40 and U.S. Highway 421.
The Blue Ridge Parkway finally attacked its long-neglected Honey-Do list on a stretch of the scenic highway between Grandfather Mountain and the Virginia border Monday, meaning drivers may see ...
Officials at the Blue Ridge Parkway have predicted a busy tourist season this spring and summer, especially with lower gas prices. The 469-mile parkway — the USA's longest linear park — offers ...
Blue Ridge Parkway status: ... This map shows the closed sections in red as well as eight places where the National Park Service hopes to complete repairs by fall 2025.
Including this project, the Blue Ridge Parkway is slated to receive more than $200 million from GAOA for multiple projects to address long-needed infrastructure improvements. 16.8 million people ...
The Blue Ridge Parkway will undergo construction at multiple points along the historic route this summer. Here's what to know. ... But if you want up-to-date detour maps, ...
LYNCHBURG -- Blue Ridge Parkway officials hope to hear from people by May 1 about whether they'd like the parkway to stay pretty much "as is" or be changed.