Blue Ridge Parkway

States: North Carolina and Virginia
National Forest: Pisgah National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Nantahala National Forest
Length: 469.0 mi / 754.8 km
Time to Allow: 4 days to enjoy the byway

The Parkway provides spectacular mountain and valley vistas, quiet pastoral scenes, sparkling waterfalls and colorful flower and foliage displays as it extends through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.

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• The Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina
  

  Curving for 469 miles along the crests of the Southern Appalachians, the North Carolina section of the Blue Ridge Parkway reveals the true...

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• 4-Day Trip: Traversing the Blue Ridge Parkway
  (North Carolina to Virginia)

  Starting from the corners of North Carolina and moving up into Virginia, there is plenty to see and do on this route.

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The following byways are part of the designated byway Blue Ridge Parkway:

• Blue Ridge Parkway - North Carolina
• Blue Ridge Parkway - Virginia