I-26 West in South Asheville will close overnight July 2 to finish a new traffic pattern. Plus: update on when new Blue Ridge Parkway bridge will open ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has secured a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Dogwood Health Trust to support regional ...

Hurricane Helene caused at least 57 landslides along the Parkway, damaging not only the roadway but also visitor centers, ...

Access along the Blue Ridge Parkway to Craggy Gardens and near Mount Michell State Park is expected to reopen fall 2025, ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 401, south of Bent Creek Gap. Taken a week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina. National Park Service ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway, the nation's second most visited national park unit, is one of those popular attractions.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is among the most-visited national parks in the country. So far in 2025, the parkway has received 1,407,527 visitors, according to National Park Service records.

In 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway, with hundreds of miles of winding roads cutting through Virginia and North Carolina, was visited by 16.7 million people and brought in $1.4 billion in local ...

Allison and Mike McQuinn of Asheville, N.C. and their sons Felix, 8, and Nolan, 6, walk on a trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina Nov. 3, 2024.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is the most-visited site in the National Park Service. Over 16 million people visited in 2023, according to the NPS, with October's fall color alone drawing about 2 million ...