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 optional offline maps.
Best for
- Multi-day scenic road trips through Virginia and North Carolina
- Travelers needing offline route and attraction information
- Visitors planning stops by milepost
- Trips combining overlooks, hiking trails, waterfalls, historic sites, and mountain towns
- Road trips connecting Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Specialties
- 469-mile scenic driving route
- Blue Ridge Parkway travel planning
- Scenic overlooks, waterfalls, historic sites, and hiking trails
- Offline map and GPS travel-planner app
- Milepost-based attraction discovery
Certifications
- National Scenic Byway designation
- Blue Ridge Parkway Association official partner organization of the National Park Service since 1949
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 optional $1.99 offline map download
- Trip Builder can save attractions, lodging, and restaurants and generate a PDF or shareable link
- Travel Planner app provides information across the Ridge, Plateau, Highlands, Pisgah, Shenandoah, and Great Smoky Mountains regions
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Blue Ridge Pkwy, Barnardsville, NC 28709
- Website
- http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/v.php?pg=5
- webmaster@blueridgeparkway.org
Services
- Scenic driving
- Road-trip itinerary planning
- Travel brochures, maps, and digital guides
- Parkway conditions and travel information
- Outdoor recreation and attraction discovery
- Trip planning with saved favorites, PDF export, and shareable links