Last summer I drove part of the Blue Ridge Parkway through the Smoky Mountains on the way to Asheville.
Where is this located? America?
Yep. North Carolina and Tenessee (where the Blue Ridge is) are located in the southeastern region of the United States.
What does it look like?
It is mountainous like much of the Appalachian range with trees covering the peaks. But notably there is a bluish haze that can be seen from a distance which gives the Blue Ridge its name.
That sounds amazing. What creates that blue haze?
Land on either side of the road is owned and maintained by the National Park Service, and in many places parkway land is bordered by United States Forest Service property. The parkway was on North Carolina's version of the America the Beautiful quarter in 2015.
History.
Begun during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the project was originally called the Appalachian Scenic Highway. Most construction was carried out by private contractors under federal contracts under an authorization by Harold L. Ickes in his role as federal public works administrator.
Waynesville, North Carolina
Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains.
As of the 2010 census, Waynesville had a population of 9,869. The town is located just outside the Pisgah National Forest and is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Waynesville