Painting of Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. The province consists of n…
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. The province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Appalachian Valley, bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian range.
  • Elevation: 6,684 ft (2,037 m)
  • Peak: Mount Mitchell
  • Country: United States
  • States: North Carolina · Virginia · Tennessee · Maryland · Pennsylvania · West Virginia · South Carolina · Georgia · Alabama
  • Parent range: Appalachian Mountains
  • Orogeny: Grenville orogeny
  • Rock types: granite · gneiss · limestone

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