Join us this summer in celebrating the 75th birthday of the Blue Ridge Parkway!
There are plenty of good reasons why the Blue Ridge Parkway has been dubbed "America's Favorite Drive," and all the evidence needed to understand the lure of this national landmark for more than seven decades is revealed with a cruise on any portion of its 46-mile stretch through Haywood County, North Carolina.
At elevations greater than anywhere else on the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway, which spans the Appalachian Mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and is gearing up to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2010, the Haywood County span offers motorists breathtaking views of seemingly endless mountain ridges and picturesque valleys.
"It's almost impossible to put into words the beauty of the views from the Blue Ridge Parkway," said Lynn Collins, executive director of the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority. "Just when you say, 'That's the most amazing panorama I've ever seen,' you drive to the next overlook, and then the next after that, to discover even more stunning vistas," Collins said. "Luckily, there's no limit on how many times you can utter oohs and aahs."
The 20 overlooks that dot the Haywood County section of the Blue Ridge Parkway include Richland-Balsam Gap at milepost 431 (the highest point on the entire Parkway at 6,053 feet) and one of best views in the county of Cold Mountain at milepost 412 (made famous by Charles Frazier's award-winning, best-selling historical novel of the same name and its film adaptation starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger). ... Click to Read More
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