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Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia and North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway
The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway, connecting Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks, was the nation's first rural scenic parkway and is the highest continuous highway in the eastern United States. Authorized in 1933 as a public works project, construction was not completed until 1987. In addition to providing motorists with extraordinary views, the parkway is characterized by cultural resources reflecting the heritage of the people of the Southern Highlands, and by its chain of recreational parks, each a destination in its own right. More than 22 million visitors travel the parkway each year, making it the most heavily visited unit of the National Park Service.
Postcards
"Scenes along Blue Ridge Parkway."
"Night-time on the Picturesque Blue Ridge Parkway."
"Blue Ridge Parkway, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia."
"Sky-top Drive on the Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway."
"Moonlight over Linville River on Blue Ridge Parkway,
Western North Carolina."
"Blue Ridge Parkway, Table Rock Mountain at Right."
"Looking through a Double Tunnel on Blue Ridge Parkway."
"Winter-time at Ice Rock on Blue Ridge Parkway."
"A Rustic Landmark - A Grist Mill with
Old-fashioned Water Wheel, along Blue Ridge Parkway."
"Mount Pisgah and Parking Area, Western North Carolina."
"Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell,
Highest Peak East of the Mississippi."
| Introduction | Acadia | Blue Ridge Parkway | Chickamauga and Chattanooga | Colonial Parkway | Generals Highway | George Washington Memorial Parkway | Going-to-the-Sun Road | Great Smoky Mountains | Mount Rainier | Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway | Shenandoah's Skyline Drive | Southwest Circle Tour | Vicksburg | Yellowstone | Yosemite |
