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Doughton Park (Doughton Recreational Area) is the largest recreation area the National Park Service manages on the Blue Ridge Parkway.It is located between mile markers 238.5 - 244.7 [1] on the border between Wilkes and Alleghany Counties in North Carolina.
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.
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A month after the uber-popular Blue Ridge Parkway closed in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene's wrath, a section has reopened Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The remnants of Hurricane Helene brought historic wind and rain to Western North Carolina on Sept. 26 and 27. More than 100 Blue Ridge Parkway employees have been working on the road since Sept. 30.
The Parkway is the most-visited site in the National Park Service and snakes the Blue Ridge Mountains for 469 miles from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smokies in Cherokee.
The National Park Service announced on Wednesday that the Blue Ridge Parkway had reopened from Milepost 0 to Milepost 200.1 in Virginia. The stretch of road includes 200 miles of scenic views from ...
The park is open year-round and sees 225,000 people each year being the most visited recreational place on the Blue Ridge Parkway [7] and second in visitors after the Folk Art Center that sees 250,000 visitors. [8] Together with the Julian Price Memorial Park, it is the largest developed area set aside for public recreation on the Blue Ridge ...