Hendersonville is a charming town tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, where the locals are ...

But the Blue Ridge Mountains no longer look as vibrant as they once did. Through pollution, humans have added additional particles into the atmosphere of the region, worsening visibility overall.

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.

With more than 100 species of trees, the Blue Ridge Parkway is a prime spot for a fall getaway and leaf-peeping. The 469-mile roadway passes through six mountain chains in the Appalachians in ...

The hazy blue was disappearing from the horizon, but it wasn’t just the trees fault. The trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains are responsible for that dreamy blue haze on the horizon. Trees produce ...

The Blue Ridge Mountains have no coral reefs, no white sand, ... All of them come marked with a helpful sign pointing out what fish might be found. The project is brand new, ...

Repairs to the Blue Ridge Parkway will cost more than $1 billion. In 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway, with hundreds of miles of winding roads cutting through Virginia and North Carolina, was visited ...

That said, Blue Ridge Parkway is by no means the only place where people can enjoy the changing fall colors. Here are some options worth considering: Cades Cove.

Soon "America's Favorite Drive" will be abloom with flowers as visitors pour onto the parkway. Spring is coming, and bringing with it an influx of visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Where is the Blue Ridge Parkway closed? The parkway remains closed from Sunbelt/Autumnview Road in Virginia (mile marker 200.1) through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (mile marker 469).