Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Phil. Francis announced today that the Southern Highland Craft Guild has been awarded a concession contract for retail sales at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC. This concessions contract will be issued for a term of 10 years. The contract requires sales of Appalachian made handicrafts as well as limited […]

Start the year off right with a sensory hike along the first mile of the Profile Trail on January 1, 2013. Participants will learn to enjoy using their full range of senses to experience Grandfather Mountain State Park. Slow down and experience the journey not just the destination. Hot chocolate will be available after the […]

Special holiday trees decorated to highlight the cultural heritage of four western North Carolina communities are on display at the National Park Service’s Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center at Milepost 384 in Asheville. Trees from the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center in Robbinsville, along with trees from Bryson City, Mount Airy and Western North Carolina’s […]

The Blue Ridge Parkway has implemented a full, two-lane closure to all visitor use between Milepost 355.3 and Milepost 359.8. The closure begins just south of Highway 128, at the entrance to Mount Mitchell State Park, and ends at Walker Knob Overlook. Access to Mount Mitchell State Park remains open to southbound Parkway traffic via […]

On Sunday October 21st, at 2pm the Blue Ridge Music Center will have its last Fall Heritage Series performance-talk celebrating the life and music of Galax fiddler, Emmett Lundy (1864 to 1953). Musicians: Kirk Sutphin, Snake Smith and Richard Smith will be participating along with T.J. Lundy – a fiddler and direct descendant of Emmett […]