The 20 Best Blue Ridge Parkway Picnic Areas in NC & VA Story by Mary Gabbett • 7mo There’s hardly an inch of the Blue Ridge Parkway that wouldn’t make a lovely spot to have a picnic.

Fall and winter, from October through March ... Vibrant Cities, and the Blue Ridge Mountains This North Carolina Town Is Hosting a Gorgeous Chinese Lantern Festival With a 21-foot-tall Dragon ...

The Bus and RV parking section also offers access to the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. One of our favorite waterfalls in NC ... Blue Ridge Parkway picnic area is open from mid-May through October.

The Blue Ridge Mountains illuminated the background. Now through October, the park is offering daily programs and special events that let visitors get up close and personal with the park and the ...

Photo credit: Harry Meares Jr. Let me tell you, I’ve driven roads that made my GPS have an existential crisis, but nothing compares to cruising along the spine of the Blue Ridge ... down through ...

So, what makes the Blue Ridge Mountains blue? Why are they blue instead of, say, red? Does this happen anywhere else? So, what makes the Blue Ridge Mountains blue? Curious minds have been ...

according to the Village of Sugar Mountains. The trail head is at milepost 296, about one mile from where Huang was found. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a 469-mile “scenic drive” that traverses ...

The mountains of Western North Carolina are greening up again and soon the rhododendron blooms will herald the arrival of summer along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But this year, most of the parkway ...

A man died April 18 after falling into waters along the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to an April 19 news release from the National Park Service. The hiker, identified as Jie Huang, 40 ...

A hiker died along the Blue Ridge Parkway after falling off a path and into a body of water on Friday. National Park Service rangers responded to waters near Boone Fork Trail near Blowing Rock ...