Islands on MSN

The 5 longest hiking trails in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway

North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway features several long hikes that reward endurance with sweeping mountain views, dense ...
Islands on MSN

North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountain trail near Asheville offers breathtaking views and lovely wildflowers

Nestled within the Appalachian Mountains is North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, which offers a scenic trail through a ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Blue Ridge Parkway landslide repairs reopen driving access from Asheville to Cherokee

Just in time for Labor Day sightseers and nature seekers, another piece of the Blue Ridge Parkway has reopened, for an unobstructed, 85-mile drive from Asheville south to Cherokee. Following the ...
Mountain Xpress

Blue Ridge Rising receives votes of support from Blue Ridge Parkway’s neighboring counties

Blue Ridge Rising earned the Public Lands Alliance’s 2025 Outstanding Public Engagement Award. The Foundation is partnering with Friends of Southwest Virginia, based in Abingdon, Va., to implement the ...
CNN

Nearly a year after Helene, the reopening of a popular section of Blue Ridge Parkway brings hope to communities

Poore’s business transports mountain bikers to various points along the Blue Ridge Parkway for downhill adventures along the Appalachian Mountains across western North Carolina. Helene devastated the ...
WYFF

Popular stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway reopens after Hurricane Helene repairs

RESOURCES TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S RECOVERY. ANOTHER PORTION OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IS BACK OPEN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SAYS LANDSLIDE REPAIR WORK ON A 26 MILE ...