North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway features several long hikes that reward endurance with sweeping mountain views, dense ...

Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway sections in North Carolina are closing ...

The falls are only a half-mile hike from the Parkway and provide a welcome respite on a hot summer day, but be sure to check ...

Sections of the popular parkway were closed after landslides from 2024’s Hurricane Helene. A large section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina reopened this week as part of the ongoing repairs ...

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 ...

Blue Ridge Rising earned the Public Lands Alliance’s 2025 Outstanding Public Engagement Award. The Foundation is partnering with Friends of Southwest Virginia, based in Abingdon, Va., to implement the ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The National Park Service announced on Monday it has reopened a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 382 in Asheville to milepost 355.3 at the Ridge Junction Overlook ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina experienced a significant increase in tourism in October 2025 compared to ...

Despite the federal government shutdown that went into effect on Oct. 1, Western North Carolina’s national park properties will remain mostly open — but a few things will look different. The Blue ...

North Carolina and Virginia counties have adopted resolutions supporting the repair of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The National Park Service announced the second annual, Project Parkway on Saturday, April 27. This single-day, park-wide volunteer project will help complete much needed work across the park and is ...

LAUREL SPRINGS, N.C. — The National Park Service reopened eight miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from milepost 221.8 to 229.7 on Aug. 15, restoring access to key areas south of the North Carolina and ...