Blue Ridge Parkway
Park
Why pick this one
Blue Ridge Parkway spans 469 miles, has no entrance fee, and provides a free travel-planner app with maps and trip-building tools.
Best for
- Multi-day scenic road trips
- Travelers planning routes through Virginia and North Carolina
- Visitors seeking hiking trails, overlooks, waterfalls, and historic sites
- Drivers needing milepost-based attraction information
- Travelers needing offline maps in areas with limited cell service
Look elsewhere if
- Travelers seeking a single-city attraction rather than a 469-mile route
- Visitors looking for guaranteed year-round access to every facility
Specialties
- 469-mile scenic driving route
- Blue Ridge Parkway road trip planning
- Interactive maps and milepost guides
- Travel planner app with offline maps
- Scenic overlooks, waterfalls, trails, and historic sites
Certifications
- Blue Ridge Parkway Association official partner organization of the National Park Service
What makes them different
- Spans 469 miles between Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- No entrance fee and multiple access points
- Free travel planner app with regional guides and optional $1.99 offline maps
- Trip Builder can save attractions, lodging, and restaurants and generate a PDF or shareable link
- Milepost guide identifies nearby attractions along the route
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Blue Ridge Pkwy, Asheville, NC 28803
- Website
- http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/
- webmaster@blueridgeparkway.org
Services
- Scenic driving
- Travel planning
- Outdoor recreation information
- Attraction and visitor information
- Trip itinerary building