Discover the Bliss of Asheville's Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway that winds for 469 miles (755 km) through the Blue Ridge Mountains which are part of the eons-old Appalachian Mountains, taking drivers on an amazing journey from Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cherokee, NC, traveling right through Asheville, North Carolina. Along the way, there are many fascinating sights to be seen.

We have assembled some of the best informational websites on the Blue Ridge Parkway to help you get the most out of your Blue Ridge Parkway trip.

Free Blue Ridge Parkway eCards
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Virtual Blue Ridge Parkway Guide
This online guide is totally free and is a great way to help you get the most out of your Blue Ridge Parkway drive... and the many attractions it will reveal to you along the way:

• Over 200 Overlooks with Descriptions and 360° Panoramic images
• 13 Visitor Centers with Multi-node Tours and Descriptions
• 12 Parks and Recreation Areas Highlighted
• 117 Trails with Descriptions, Lengths and Difficulty Ratings
• Downloadable Blue Ridge Parkway map
• 12 waterfalls accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway, 4 in Virginia and 8 in North Carolina.
• Parkway Weather

Click on each of the dozens of categories to the left to uncover what makes the Asheville area so vital, so intriguing and so, well, UTTERLY BLISSFUL!

Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
"... the primary and professional fund raising organization for the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway in western Virginia and North Carolina. The Foundation's authority to request and receive funds on behalf of the Blue Ridge Parkway is vested in a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service and Department of Interior..."

25 Ways You Can Help the Blue Ridge Parkway
"...More than 20 million visitors travel the Blue Ridge Parkway each year, but many of you live far away from the southern Appalachian mountains, and aren't always sure how you can make a meaningful contribution..."

Tell YOUR Story About the Blue Ridge Parkway "...
Parkway visitors have their own remembrances of the Blue Ridge Parkway; in a sense, their own heritage paths -- their favorite places which are often childhood memories. The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation collects stories and memories because people add a historical dimension to the Parkway, not unlike the physical dimension and experience that overlooks add to scenery..."

The Graveyard Fields Project