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The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of America’s natural treasures. Winding 469 miles along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, the parkway annually welcomes more visitors than any of the other 390 units managed by the National Park Service.
Travel along the paved and mostly winding two-lane parkway is leisurely and free of commercial vehicles as it wanders through a largely undeveloped stretch of the southern Appalachians. Along the way are frequent visitor centers, a water-powered grist mill, a folk art center, a trading post, pioneer exhibits, and many scenic waysides. The parkway is navigated via mile markers in the form of easily observed short cement posts along the roadside. Mile marker zero is at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro at the north end of the parkway. Brochures that include a map with mile markers are available at National Park Service visitor centers and commercial establishments along the parkway.
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http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...br /> parkway
link for Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Guide:
http://ncnatural.com/Parkway/BRP-Camping.html
Travel along the paved and mostly winding two-lane parkway is leisurely and free of commercial vehicles as it wanders through a largely undeveloped stretch of the southern Appalachians. Along the way are frequent visitor centers, a water-powered grist mill, a folk art center, a trading post, pioneer exhibits, and many scenic waysides. The parkway is navigated via mile markers in the form of easily observed short cement posts along the roadside. Mile marker zero is at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro at the north end of the parkway. Brochures that include a map with mile markers are available at National Park Service visitor centers and commercial establishments along the parkway.
See link for Lodging Locations
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...br /> parkway
link for Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Guide:
http://ncnatural.com/Parkway/BRP-Camping.html