( UPDATED Could 6, 2020) I don’t know what number of miles I’ve pushed on the Blue Ridge Parkway, nevertheless it’s loads. I don’t know what number of pictures I’ve captured, nevertheless it’s loads. I don’t understand how blissful I’ve felt, nevertheless it’s loads.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is my favourite drive within the nation. I go to yearly, drive a minimum of one part, and I’ve included it in a number of of my street journeys. It’s a temptation I wouldn’t even strive to withstand.
Ever since my first go to to the Parkway as an grownup in 2011, I’ve been capturing pictures from the scenic overlooks, locations, and center of the street. Listed here are a few of my favourite pictures I’ve captured through the years that I hope will encourage you to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Ah, life is a street journey, and my favourite street journey is the Blue Ridge Parkway. Probably the most tough a part of driving that great two-lane street is resisting the urge to cease each half mile to seize a photograph. I by no means put up a lot of a combat.
Mabry Mill might be essentially the most iconic vacation spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I’ve captured many pictures of the spinning wheel beside the grist mill, however I’ve additionally captured pictures of the displays behind the mill and reenactors within the different buildings.
Linville Falls is a wildly well-liked vacation spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. However do you know there may be one other, smaller waterfall simply minutes from the car parking zone? Duggers Creek Falls was one in every of my favourite discoveries of the 12 months!
The Linn Cove Viaduct was known as “The Lacking Hyperlink” as a result of it was the final part of the Blue Ridge Parkway accomplished. The notorious S-curve is among the most lovely one-mile drives on the Parkway.
Craggy Gardens is one in every of my favourite locations to go to on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The view from Craggy Pinnacle, prime left, is relatively superb. Beneath, the hike to Craggy Knob passes by means of a rhododendron tunnel stuffed with blooms round June every year.
There are 25 tunnels on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and all however one are positioned in North Carolina. The Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel is one in every of my favorites as a result of it’s so photogenic.
I’ve seen a whole lot of wildlife on the Blue Ridge Parkway, however these three pictures are my favorites thus far. I reckon hiding your head within the lake means you don’t need to do your chores later?
Roanoke Mountain was some of the stunning discoveries I ever made on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The one-lane, one-way street throughout the mountain consists of a few scenic overlooks. Beneath, the view from the Mill Mountain Overlook is one in every of my favorites.
Each day I spend on the Blue Ridge Parkway ends with a sundown. After all, they aren’t all spectacular. However this one on the Cowee Mountain Overlook was probably the greatest I’ve ever seen.
See that purple chair? That was my purple chair. Shortly after capturing this picture of Sharp Prime on the Peaks of Otter, I plopped down into that chair and didn’t transfer for an hour. Greatest hour all week.
Ravens Roost Overlook immediately grew to become one in every of my favorites on the Blue Ridge Parkway. From the lengthy parking space there may be an superior view, pictured above, that features a portion of the Shenandoah Valley. Beneath, this lone tree on the sting of a cliff is the right picture topic.
Autumn is among the finest, and hottest, occasions of 12 months to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway. Good colours, fallen leaves, and crisp air create an inviting ambiance begging to be explored from dawn til sundown. I usually do precisely that.
Together with vibrant colours in the course of the autumn, there are additionally wooly worms!
This view, hidden behind Pisgah Inn, is among the finest on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s not whole a secret, so I don’t thoughts revealing it right here, however I’d relatively take pleasure in it as a visitor of the inn for a number of nights in October.
Julian Value Lake is the one physique of water on the Blue Ridge Parkway guests are allowed to kayak. On the base of Grandfather Mountain, the lake has an superior view all year long.
The Linn Cove Viaduct was designed to virtually seamlessly mix with the pure curves of Grandfather Mountain, nevertheless it stands out in the course of the peak of fall colours.
Each mile I drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway makes me blissful. I reckon I’ll simply maintain driving it. I’ve accomplished your complete Parkway end-to-end twice now, together with numerous quick sections, however I don’t suppose I’ll ever get uninterested in that black prime reducing a path throughout the mountains.
