Blue Ridge Parkway

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Blue Ridge Parkway sites and destinations

  • Mile Marker 272: E.B. Jeffress Park. Picnic area, Comfort station, trail to Cascades.
  • Mile Marker 292.7: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, 3,600 acres. Many miles of horse and carriage trails, hiking, fishing.
  • Mile Marker 294: Historic Flat Top Manor House; Parkway Craft Center; comfort station; visitor information, publications.
  • Mile Marker 295: Julian Price Memorial Park. 4,344 acres. Campground, picnic area, lake, boating, fishing, trails. Alt. 3,400. Reservations for camping www.recreation.gov.
  • Mile Marker 304.4: Linn Cove Viaduct Information Center. Visitor information, comfort station, publications. Trail access viaduct. Alt. 4,000.
  • Mile Marker 308.2: Flat Rock Parking Area. Self-guiding nature trail to superb view of Linville Valley and Grandfather Mountain.
  • Mile Marker 316.3: Linville Falls Visitor Center. Campground and picnic area. Trail to overlooks of falls and gorge. For more information on Linville Falls, click here. For camping reservations www.recreation.gov.
  • Mile Marker 316.4: Linville River Parking Area. One of the Parkway’s largest stone arch bridges. Three spans of 80 feet each. Fish in Linville River. Picnic area. Comfort Station. Alt. 3,250. Take Spur Rd. to Linville Falls, campground and visitor center.
  • Mile Marker 320.7: Chestoa View offers an unusually fine view from one of the many vertical cliffs on Humpback Mountain.
  • Mile Marker 331: Museum of North Carolina Minerals. Junction of Parkway & NC 226. Features minerals found in North Carolina and regional geology. County Chamber of Commerce Office. Restrooms. Open daily year around.
  • Mile Marker 331: Over mountain Victory National Historic Trail - Commemorates the campaign leading up to the American victory at Kings Mountain in 1780. Route crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway at Gillespie Gap, near the Mineral Museum. Administered by the National Park Service. www.nps.gov/ovvi.
  • Mile Marker 334: Little Switzerland.
  • Mile Marker 339.5: Crabtree Falls. 250 acres. Hiking, picnic area, camping, comfort station, drinking water. 40-minute walk to Crabtree Falls.
  • Mile Marker 340.3: Crabtree Falls, campground.

 

 

 

 

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