Sunset at Cowee Mountain Overlook deserves its own special category of natural wonder. As the sun dips toward the horizon, the sky becomes a canvas for colors that seem almost artificially enhanced – ...

Full of small-town charm, college town vibes, and tons of nature's beauty, this underrated Virginia town is a perfect place ...

There’s a place in western North Carolina where the mountains ripple like waves on a blue-green ocean, where clouds cast dramatic shadows across ancient peaks, and where locals sometimes “accidentally ...

According to the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of an accident involving a bicyclist and car near milepost 7 in Afton, Virginia, at 11:50 a.m. Saturday.

A guide to free things to do in Asheville this summer: from visiting your local libraries, to catching no-cost shows and ...

Plans called for the new Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over I-26, in the foreground in this photo, to open sometime between last Halloween and Thanksgiving, but the project was delayed. The old bridge, in ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway’s iconic Linn Cove Viaduct weaves around Grandfather Mountain as the sunset casts the area’s resplendent fall color in evening light in this 2021 Citizen Times file photo.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is among the most-visited national parks in the country. So far in 2025, the parkway has received 1,407,527 visitors, according to National Park Service records.

It’s been my belief since I’ve been here for 30 years that we’re two miles from where the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway meet, and Shenandoah National Park is one of the most ...

The Parkway is now continuously open from milepost 0, at the southern end of Shenandoah National Park, to milepost 217.3, just south of the North Carolina/Virginia state line. The Blue Ridge Music ...

— The first section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has reopened near Blowing Rock. The National Park Service has been working for weeks to clear trees and mudslides along the parkway.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is open to traffic from milepost 285.5, at Bamboo Gap, to milepost 305, near Beacon Heights, in the Blowing Rock, North Carolina area. CLOSED FOR COMMERICAL VEHICLES ...