Immortalized in the folksy lyrics penned by the late ’70s pop icon, John Denver, the Mountain State does lay claim to an amazing array of Country Roads, it’s true. (After all, the state boasts ...

The Blue Ridge Mountains themselves occupy much of western Virginia and North Carolina. Down the middle of the range is the great Blue Ridge Parkway, one of our national highway treasures.

The mountains are vast, spanning a length that runs through eight states, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

(INGLES OPEN ROAD) — We’re road-tripping it up into the scenic Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia to a place that is one of the all-time road trip destinations in the United States. It’s a ...

A map of the sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway where emergency repair and recovery work is underway as of February 2025. The map does not represent all areas where damaged occurred. Open in Virginia ...