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
Fall Foliage Reports and Updates Underway Travel Blue Ridge Parkway has started our weekly fall foliage reports and update for the 2016 fall foliage season. The color changes have begun in the highest elevations of the North Carolina mountains at … Continue reading
Fall Foliage 2016 on the Blue Ridge Parkway The fall foliage 2016 season will start at the end of the month for the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia. The predictions are in for this year’s show. Some experts predict … Continue reading
Night Sky Festival Takes Place at SNP The Shenandoah National Park is hosting the Night Sky Festival the last weekend in July. It is a public event that takes place July 28 – July 31, 2016. This exciting event is … Continue reading
Motorcyclist Killed By Lightning On Parkway A motorcyclist was killed by lightning on the Blue Ridge Parkway Saturday. The motorcyclist died this past weekend while he and friends were riding along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mount Mitchell State Park in … Continue reading