Blue Ridge Parkway is the most scenic National parkway and is known as “America’s Favorite Drive”. It runs for 469 miles mostly along the Blue Ridge mountains, a major mountain chain which is part of the Appalachian Mountains. The parkway starts from the north at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and goes up to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina. This scenic byway is especially beautiful during Fall and Spring. Check out Fall Photos of Blue Ridge Parkway here.
Fall Colors Blue Ridge Parkway
Mileposts along the parkway start at zero at the northeast end in Virginia and count to 469 at the southern end in North Carolina. Major towns and cities along the way include Waynesboro, Roanoke, and Galax in Virginia; and in North Carolina – Blowing Rock, Boone and Asheville, where it runs across the property of the Biltmore Estate.
Blue Ridge Parkway
These are some of the beautiful places you can visit during your drive through Blue Ridge Parkway in the North Carolina region.
- Blowing Rock
- Grandfather Mountain
- Linville Waterfalls
- Linville Caverns
- Chimney Rock State Park
- Lake Lure
- Julian Price Memorial Park
- Rough Ridge
- Linn Cove Viaduct
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook
- Chestoa View Overlook
- Crabtree Meadows and Falls
- Looking Glass Waterfalls
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Pisgah National Forest
- CumberLand Knob
- Doughton Park
- E. B. Jeffress Park
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
- Mount Mitchell State Park
- Craggy Gardens
- North Carolina Arboretum
- Biltmore Estate
- Mount Pisgah
- Graveyard Fields
- Looking Glass Rock
- Waterrock Knob
- Black Balsam Knob
Blue Ridge Parkway in NC
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