Blue Ridge Parkway: Shenandoah to Great Smokies
🚗20 mapped stops
America's favorite scenic drive — 469 miles along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. No commercial vehicles, no billboards, no stoplights. Just blue-hazed ridgelines and the oldest mountains on the continent.
本导览的站点(20)
- 1 Rockfish Gap — Mile 0 The Parkway begins where Shenandoah National Park ends. The Blue Ridge stretches south before you, the Shenandoah Valley drops away to the west.
- 2 Humpback Rocks — Milepost 5.8 A recreated 1890s mountain farmstead sits trailside. The half-mile climb to Humpback Rocks rewards with 360-degree views of the Blue Ridge.
- 3 James River — Milepost 63.6 The Parkway crosses Virginia's largest river. The Kanawha Canal and railroad trace the same water gap through the mountains.
- 4 Peaks of Otter — Milepost 86 Three peaks — Sharp Top, Flat Top, and Harkening Hill — frame Abbott Lake. Thomas Jefferson once described these peaks as one of Virginia's greatest views.
- 5 Roanoke Mountain — Milepost 120 The largest city along the Parkway lies below. The Mill Mountain Star — the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star — glows above the valley at night.
- 6 Mabry Mill — Milepost 176.1 The most photographed spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This 1910 gristmill and blacksmith shop reflects perfectly in its millpond.
- 7 Blue Ridge Music Center — Milepost 213 Where old-time Appalachian music comes alive. Banjos, fiddles, and mountain ballads echo through these hills, part of a musical tradition stretching back centuries.
- 8 Cumberland Knob — Milepost 217.5 Construction began here on September 11, 1935, during the Great Depression. Crossing into North Carolina, the mountains grow wilder.
- 9 Doughton Park — Milepost 241 A remote stretch of backcountry meadows and deep coves. Basin Cove is one of the most isolated valleys in the eastern United States.
- 10 Moses H. Cone Memorial Park — Milepost 294 The denim king's country estate — a 3,500-acre playground of carriage trails, apple orchards, and the Southern Highland Craft Guild shop in the manor house.
- 11 Linn Cove Viaduct — Milepost 304 An engineering marvel — 1,243 feet of segmental bridge hugging the face of Grandfather Mountain without touching the fragile slopes below. The last section of the Parkway to be completed.
- 12 Linville Falls — Milepost 316.4 The Linville River drops over a series of cascades into the deepest gorge in the eastern United States — 2,000 feet deep and 12 miles long.
- 13 蟹树瀑布 — 339.5英里处 一座21米高的瀑布隐藏在茂密的山谷森林中。步道穿过杜鹃花隧道,每年六月花开时节格外壮观。
- 14 米切尔山 — 355.4英里处 海拔2037米,密西西比河以东最高峰。观景塔可眺望层层叠叠的蓝色山脊线。
- 15 峭壁花园 — 364英里处 六月中旬,海拔1676米的山顶草甸爆发野生杜鹃花海——紫色花毯延伸至米切尔山及更远处。
- 16 民间艺术中心 — 382英里处 南方高地手工艺协会展示阿巴拉契亚艺术——被子、陶器、木工和世代相传的编篮技艺。
- 17 皮斯加山 — 408.6英里处 由一位思乡的苏格兰人命名,他将此山视为圣经中摩西眺望应许之地的那座山峰。皮斯加旅馆坐落在山脊线上。
- 18 墓地田野 — 418.8英里处 海拔1585米的高山沼泽,有两处瀑布和蓝莓灌木。这名字源于1925年大火后留下的树桩,看起来像墓碑。
- 19 里奇兰香脂山 — 431英里处 蓝岭公路最高��,海拔1845米。冷杉和红云杉创造出北方针叶林景观,更像缅因州而非北卡罗来纳。
- 20 水岩山丘 — 451.2英里处 一条陡峭的短途步道通向全景山顶,可眺望大烟山,这是蓝岭公路在切罗基终点前的最后一个主要观景点。
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