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The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty.The parkway, which is the longest linear park in the U.S., [3] runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 counties in Virginia and North Carolina, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The Western Blue Ridge Front is subdivided into the Unaka Range, the Bald Mountains, the Great Smoky Mountains, and the Unicoi Mountains, and its major peaks include Roan Mountain 6,285 ft (1,916 m) in the Unakas, Big Bald 5,516 ft (1,681 m) and Max Patch 4,616 ft (1,407 m) in the Bald Mountains, Kuwohi 6,643 ft (2,025 m), Mount Le Conte 6,593 ...
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. [1]
The Blue Ridge Mountains as seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell. The following is a list of mountains constituting the Blue Ridge , a mountain range stretching about 450 miles from Pennsylvania to Georgia in the USA.
Grandfather Mountain [1] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains , one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains .
Smoky Mountain Scenic Byway: The byway is located along US 441 (Newfound Gap Road), between the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Ravensford, and the Tennessee state line, at Newfound Gap. Various overlooks dot along the byway, with unique attractions nearby including Kuwohi, Oconaluftee Archaeological District and area trails. 16.5 26.6 [7] Mountain
The Blue Ridge Parkway, typically a go-to fall destination, continues to gradually reopen after Tropical Storm Helene. Here's what to know. Is Blue Ridge Parkway open?
The Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests are an ecoregion in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, in the Eastern United States. The ecoregion is located in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains , including the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains .