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Blue Ridge Parkway
Since the first section of the scenic motor road opened to public travel more than 60 years ago, the Parkway has recorded some 700 million visits. That’s a stunning number, to be sure, but then the Parkway is a wonderfully stunning resource.
The parkway can beaccessed from Highway 19 at Soco Gap. From Maggie Travel west on Highway 19 toward Cherokee. At the intersection of 19 and the BRP you can go west to the park entrance or east toward Asheville and beyond. Local highlights include Waterrock Knob, Graveyard Fields, Devils Courthouse and the highest point on the parkway (6050 feet) all within an hours drive of Maggie valley.
The gently winding road offers spectacular mountain scenery as it threads its way from the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. Along its 469-mile length, distant vistas are complemented by pastoral landscapes, replete with log cabins and split-rail fences. At the same time, the Parkway boasts a surprising variety of plants and wildlife.
Blue Ridge Parkway Website
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