(Micaville, NC) The Crabtree Meadows Recreation Area at milepost 339.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway has been renamed Crabtree Falls Recreation Area. While the small amount of remaining meadow reflects the area’s history as a farming community, the name change was implemented to highlight the spectacular waterfall on Crabtree Creek. Many visitors are unaware of […]

(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 […]

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 […]

Parkway Tree Project Announced as this year’s Parkway Category Theme (Boone, NC) – The 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) will open for registration and submissions on Friday, September 17, 2010. Amateur and professional photographers 13 years of age and older are encouraged to submit at www.appmtnphotocomp.org prior to the competition’s close at 5:00 […]

ASHEVILLE, NC, AND ROANOKE, VA  – Visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Festival the weekend of September 10, 2010, at Cumberland Knob, NC, (Milepost 217.5) and the Blue Ridge Music Center near Galax, Virginia (Milepost 213), will be treated not only to extraordinary traditional music, but also to artists, crafts people, storytellers, and […]