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Blue Ridge Parkway Overlooks

The Blue Ridge Parkway has over 200 Overlooks. They range from scenic picnic areas, to vast mountain ranges, to the mountain hiking trailheads.

Below is a list of the overlooks. Click the name of an overlook to start it's 360° tour.


 

 
View Milepost Range:  1 - 95  |  96 - 275  |  281 - 407  |  408 - 469
Milepost Overlook Name Elevation
  96.0   Iron Mine Hollow   2364'  
  96.0   View Montvale Town   2441'  
  97.0   Iron Mine Hollow   2372'  
  97.0   View Taylor's Mt.   2340'  
  100.0   The Great Valley Overlook   2493'  
  101.0   Quarry Overlook   2170'  
  107.0   N & W Railroad Overlook   1151'  
  107.0   View Coyner Mountain   1150'  
  110.0   Read Mountain Overlook   --'  
  110.6   Stewarts Knob Overlook   1365'  
  113.0   View Roanoke Basin Overlook   1000'  
  115.0   Roanoke River Overlook   985'  
  123.2   Buck Mountain Overlook   1465'  
  129.0   Metz Run Overlook   1875'  
  129.0   Pouges Mt.   2032'  
  130.0   Lost Mountain   2200'  
  130.0   Roanoke Valley Overlook   --'  
  133.0   Slings Gap   2860'  
  134.0   View Bull Run Knob   2890'  
  135.0   View Poor Mountain   2975'  
  139.0   Cahas Knob Overlook   --'  
  144.0   Devil's Backbone   2708'  
  145.0   Pine Spur Overlook   --'  
  154.0   Smart View Overlook   2564'  
  155.0   Smart View Recreation Area   2564'  
  158.0   Shortts Knob Overlook   2806'  
  163.0   Rakes Mill Pond   2477'  
  168.0   The Saddle Overlook   3381'  
  168.0   Rock Castle Gorge Overlook   3195'  
  169.0   Rocky Knob   3572'  
  177.0   Mabry Mill   2855'  
  185.0   Round Meadow Overlook   2800'  
  189.0   View Pilot Mountain Overlook   2950'  
  189.0   Groundhog Meadow Overlook   3035'  
  190.0   Puckett Cabin   2848'  
  203.0   Mt. Airy Granite Overlook   3015'  
  204.0   View of Piedmont   --'  
  218.0   Fox Hunters Paradise   2805'  
  230.0   Little Glade Mill Pond   2709'  
  232.0   Stone Mountain   3115'  
  234.0   Bull Head Mountain Overlook   3200'  
  235.0   Mahogany Rock Overlook   3436'  
  236.0   Devil's Garden Overlook   3436'  
  237.0   Air Bellows Overlook   3744'  
  239.0   Brinegar Cabin   3508'  
  240.0   Low Notch Overlook   --'  
  242.0   Alligator Back   3385'  
  244.0   Bluff Mt.   3334'  
  245.0   Doughton Park   3339'  
  252.0   Sheets Gap   3342'  
  260.0   Jumpin' Off Rocks   3165'  
  264.0   The Lump Overlook   3465'  
  267.0   Mt. Jefferson Overlook   3699'  
  268.0   Betsey's Rock Falls   3400'  
  270.0   Lewis Fork Overlook   3798'  
  271.0   E. B. Jeffress Park   3657'  
  273.0   Tomkins Knob Overlook   3657'  
  275.0   Elk Mountain Overlook   3795'  
View Milepost Range:  1 - 95  |  96 - 275  |  281 - 407  |  408 - 469
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