The route offers many of the same hiking opportunities and charming small towns that make the Blue Ridge Parkway a favorite destination.

A 7-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina reopened Sept. 9 from just south of Doughton Park to near Laurel Springs, the National Park Service announced. The section that reopened is ...

The National Park Service reopened an 8-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 221.8 to 229.7 on the North Carolina side near the border with Virginia on Aug. 15, the agency said in a ...

A 26-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened in western North Carolina - just in time for the busy fall season - marking a major milestone in the state’s recovery nearly one year after ...

Inclement weather and icy conditions have forced the closure of large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. The closures are due to a freezing cold front that brought cold temperatures ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The National Park Service announced on Sep. 15 the completion of two landslide repair projects located at milepost 375 and 380 nd reopened a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from ...

Construction at Ferrin Knob Tunnel in Candler in June 2025. This project has since been completed. North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway is very close to completely re-opening. There are around 35 pesky ...

A 26-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina reopened Monday, marking a major milestone in the state's recovery from Hurricane Helene, nearly a year after the historically ...

THANK YOU CHRIS. A NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE ON THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY OVER INTERSTATE 26, IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IS JUST DAYS AWAY NOW FROM OPENING. YET ENGINEERS SAY THIS NEW BRIDGE WAS NEEDED TO ...