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Looking at the history of the famous Blue Ridge Parkway

In 1933, FDR approved what was to be called the Scenic Appalachian Highway. It would be a winding road, built mostly by ...

Blue Ridge Parkway visitor center, mineral museum reopen for 7 days amid shutdown

The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville and a museum in Spruce Pine will reopen for seven days on Oct. 4 amid the ...
Wall Street Journal

Road Trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains: Hikes, Hush Puppies and a Retro-Chic Mountain Lodge

CRAVE ADVENTURE? Follow the Appalachian spring from Charlotte, N.C., to Nashville, Tenn., some 480 miles across the Blue Ridge Mountains and Cumberland Plateau via Highways US-74 W and US-64 W. It’s a ...
KTVU

Blue Ridge Parkway reopens critical stretch just ahead of fall foliage season

A three-mile long portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville reopened Thursday, marking the latest milestone on the road to recovery after Helene devastated western North Carolina. Officials ...
The Hill

It was the most visited national park in 2022, but it isn’t exactly a park

(NEXSTAR) – Visitation was up last year across the National Park system, new data shows, with a dozen parks recording more than five million visits each. Parks you may expect to have high visitation ...
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Blue Ridge Parkway section reopens after Helene, between Asheville and Mt. Pisgah

ASHEVILLE - Just in time to catch the first blushes of fall leaves, the Blue Ridge Mountains are back. That is, the scenic mountain views along the Blue Ridge Parkway are back, which have been ...