[Updated September 27, 2025] When we drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina for the first time, we didn’t have much time to plan our trip because a plumbing issue forced us to vacate our ...

Citizen volunteers confirmed that the scenic drive is open from Virginia down to Linville Falls without interruption.

The National Park Service reopened an 8-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 221.8 to 229.7 on the North Carolina side near the border with Virginia on Aug. 15, the agency said in a ...

The funding maintains operations at the Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville, the Museum of North Carolina Minerals in Spruce Pine and Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia. Except for Linville ...