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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.
Bearwallow Gap on Blue Ridge Parkway; Black Horse Gap on Blue Ridge Parkway; Buford's Gap on U.S. Route 460; Adney Gap on U.S. Route 221; Volunteer Gap at Fancy Gap, Virginia elevation 2,672 feet on Blue Ridge Parkway Mile Post 193; Pipers Gap on Virginia State Route 97; Mikes Gap south of Gleaves Road near Ewing Mountain
Map of the Glenwood Cluster. Flanking the Blue Ridge Parkway, the region is south and east of the James River where the river turns east to cut through the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is 20 miles northwest of Roanoke, Virginia and about two miles southeast of Glasgow, Virginia. Interstate 81 parallels the area on the west and Va 122 on the east.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is now open from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia through mile marker 200.1, about 17 miles from the North Carolina state line.. Visitors can now access the northbound ...
The southern portion of the state highway runs 39.79 miles (64.04 km) from U.S. Route 29 Business (US 29 Bus.) in Altavista north to the Blue Ridge Parkway at Peaks of Otter. The northern segment has a length of 21.41 miles (34.46 km) between the Blue Ridge Parkway near Buchanan and US 220 in Eagle Rock .
Since 1946, The Blue Ridge Parkway has become the most frequently visited site within the national park system. In 2023, about 16.7 million people visited the parkway, about a million more than ...
Head south on the Blue Ridge Parkway for 5.8 miles (9.3 km) to reach the Humpback Rocks Visitors Center, or continue another 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to arrive at the Humpback Gap parking area on the left. A map of the Blue Ridge Parkway including Humpback Rocks can be found at the Texas Library webpage.
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 ...