(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. […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for August 6, 2010
Many people find the Parkway their favorite place to escape the summer heat. Even here in early to mid August Parkway meadows are filled with the beautiful blooms of summer that remind us that any time of year or season the Parkway is a wonderful place for those who love wildflowers. On the far northern […]
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 […]
8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Opens for Registration and Submissions
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 […]
BRP’s 75th Anniversary Weekend Filled with Arts, Crafts and Storytelling
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 […]
