Have you ever been on the Blue Ridge Parkway? It goes through the Appalachian mountains and is very scenic!
Is that in North Carolina and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee?
It goes through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah with the Smoky Mountains
Yes, I think I have been on the Blue Ridge Parkway when I visited up in the Cherokees. It was so beautiful up there! I love visiting the Smoky Mountains but haven't been in years.
visits per year, it is the most visited national park in the United States.
The Great Smokies are part of an International Biosphere Reserve. The range is home to an estimated of old growth forest, constituting the largest such stand east of the Mississippi River. The cove hardwood forests in the range's lower elevations are among the most diverse ecosystems in North America, and the Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest that coats the range's upper elevations is the largest of its kind. The Great Smokies are also home to
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