That said, Blue Ridge Parkway is by no means the only place where people can enjoy the changing fall colors. Here are some options worth considering: Cades Cove Those willing to travel west can ...

About 250 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway, or 53% of the road, remains closed f ollowing Tropical Storm Helene's destruction of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina on Sept. 27.

Georgia's mountains are home to an amazing stretch of wilderness where you can completely disconnect from your wired world and become one with nature.

Where is the Blue Ridge Parkway closed? The parkway remains closed from Sunbelt/Autumnview Road in Virginia (mile marker 200.1) through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (mile marker 469).

Sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway at times shut down for maintenance. During my most recent trip, a portion traversing the Virginia/North Carolina line was closed, requiring an 18-mile detour.

In 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway, with hundreds of miles of winding roads cutting through Virginia and North Carolina, was visited by 16.7 million people and brought in $1.4 billion in local ...

The hazy blue was disappearing from the horizon, but it wasn’t just the trees fault. The trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains are responsible for that dreamy blue haze on the horizon. Trees produce ...

Week of May 29-June 4, 1997 Hiking expeditions in Eastern Europe New home for a nordic skier, bike racer Sea kayaking along the Eastern Seaboard Wicked trails in the Blue Ridge Mountains Canoeing ...