Blue Ridge Parkway is an interesting driving route
I'll be there in a couple of months! We're planning on doing a hike through the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee.
I understand it is  469 miles through Virginia and North Carolina 
The hike we're doing will be part of the Appalachian Trail. It will be very scenic.
Some think of it as just a motor road or a pleasant drive. But the Parkway is also a place of varied and significant natural resources., I bet the hiking around there is spectacular
Appalachian Trail by state
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail spans fourteen U.S. states during its roughly -long journey: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It begins at Springer Mountain, Georgia, and follows the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains, crossing many of its highest peaks and running with only a few exceptions almost continuously through wilderness before ending at Mount Katahdin, Maine.
The trail is
Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 441 on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and