Heavy Rain Causes Flooding On Parkway And Closures Flooding on parkway closes some sections in Virginia and North Carolina. A cold front moving through the area yesterday brought storms, winds and heavy rain to parts of North Carolina and Virginia. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2017
Part of Appalachian Trail Closed In VA Due To Bear Activity Part of the Appalachian Trail closed due to bear activity this week. For the past week or so a 200 pound bear has been causing problems in the Wildcat … Continue reading
Portions of Blue Ridge Parkway Closed Due To Hurricane Nate Portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway closed today. Hurricane Nate has made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. It made landfall Saturday night about 8:00pm near the mouth of the … Continue reading
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Blue Ridge Parkway Viewing Of Solar Eclipse How and where to go for Blue Ridge Parkway viewing of solar eclipse in North Carolina. Parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina will be in the path of the total … Continue reading
Woman Fall To Her Death At East Fork Overlook on BRP Woman falls to her death along Blue Ridge Parkway at one of the overlooks. While visiting the Blue Ridge Parkway and stopping at East Fork Overlook an 83-year-old woman … Continue reading
Synchronous Fireflies 2017 Dates Announced For GSMNP The dates for the synchronous fireflies 2017 event in the Great Smoky Mountains at Elkmont this summer are May 30 – June 6, 2017. During these dates the shuttles will run taking those … Continue reading
Blue Ridge Parkway Rockslide Closes Parkway Near Craggy Gardens A Blue Ridge Parkway rockslide has closed part of the parkway south of Craggy Gardens. The rockslide occurred on Saturday March 4, 2017 at milepost 365 near the Craggy Gardens Visitor … Continue reading
Snow Closes Parkway Sections and Skyline Drive Recent snow closes parkway in sections and all of Skyline Drive. Due to this past weekend’s cold temperatures and snowfall most areas of the Blue Ridge Parkway had to be closed. This also … Continue reading