(Asheville, NC) The Blue Ridge Parkway, in cooperation with the US Forest Service, will implement a limited closure of the Mount Pisgah trail located at Milepost 407.6. The television broadcasting tower located at the top of Mount Pisgah is scheduled to undergo upgrading of select antennae which will require closure of the top of the […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Advisory
(Asheville, NC) The Blue Ridge Parkway will implement a closure from Wagon Road Gap at Milepost 412 to Graveyard Fields Parking Overlook at Milepost 418 on Monday, August 23rd through Thursday, August 26, 2010, to conduct storm debris removal and hazardous tree work. The closure will be in effect Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. […]
Parkway Begins Reconstruction of Historic Stone Guardwalls
(Alleghany County, NC) The Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed to all traffic from Milepost 241 near Doughton Park to Milepost 244.9 at Basin Cove Parking Overlook beginning November 1, 2010, and lasting until April 29, 2011. Detour traffic signage will direct Parkway visitors around the closure area via NC Route 18 and US Highway […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Advisory
(Asheville, NC) The Blue Ridge Parkway will implement a closure from Wagon Road Gap at Milepost 412 to Graveyard Fields Parking Overlook at Milepost 418 on Monday, August 16th through Tuesday, August 24, 2010, to conduct storm debris removal and hazardous tree work. The closure will be in effect Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. […]
Blowing Rock Celebrates Parkway’s 75th with Blue Ridge Heritage Days
BLOWING ROCK N.C. – The Town of Blowing Rock will put on a downtown street festival on Saturday, September 18 in honor of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary. Wrapped around Saturday’s festivities, Blue Ridge Heritage Days will celebrate the art, history and culture of mountain living with exhibits, demonstrations, musical performances, a parade of […]








