Blue Ridge Parkway

America’s Favorite Drive. That’s what the National Park Service calls the Blue Ridge Parkway. And they have the numbers to back it up: 14 million visitors last year on nearly 500 miles of meandering two-lane road from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smokies in North Carolina.But like the rest of the South through which it winds, the Blue Ridge Parkway wasn’t always welcoming - or even accessible - to all of America.

America’s Favorite Drive. That’s what the National Park Service calls the Blue Ridge Parkway, and they have the numbers to back it up: 14 million visitors in 2020. But like the rest of the South through which it winds, the Blue Ridge Parkway wasn’t always welcoming - or even accessible - to all of America.

October is typically one of the busiest months for traffic along the Blue Ridge Parkway and – despite the pandemic and everything else going on – 2020 has…

The Blue Ridge Parkway has lost its spot atop the rankings of the most visited national parks.Newly released National Park Service data show Golden Gate…

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For a century the National Park Service has established and preserved parks, seashores and memorials across the country. Sites range from Yellowstone…

For a century the National Park Service has established and preserved parks, seashores and memorials across the country. Sites range from Yellowstone…

AAA is forecasting the busiest July 4th travel weekend since 2001, in part because of a recovering economy. But with a tropical storm headed toward the…

Just because you don’t work for the federal government does not mean you are immune from the effects of the shutdown. Tourism in North Carolina could be…

Just because you don’t work for the federal government does not mean you are immune from the effects of the shutdown. Tourism in North Carolina could be…