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Blue Ridge Parkway transitions to summer operations this Memorial Day Weekend
Parkway-wide, NC/VA – With many campgrounds, picnic areas, and visitor centers opening on the Blue Ridge Parkway this weekend, the National…
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Blue Ridge Parkway will be open in the High Country for the summer and fall of 2025
Statement from David Jackson, President/CEO of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce and Robin Miller, Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce…
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Blue Ridge Parkway celebrates National Park Week 2025
NC/VA— During the week of April 19 to 27, 2025, the Blue Ridge Parkway will host over one-dozen ranger-led programs…
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Fatality near Milepost 297/Boone Fork Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway
BLOWING ROCK, NC – On Friday, April 18, 2025, at approximately 2:57 p.m., the Blue Ridge Parkway Communications Center received…
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Helene storm repair projects at Blue Ridge Parkway underway, Long-term storm recovery will require significant work to fully restore park resources
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – As a result of Hurricane Helene’s path through the southern Appalachian Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway in…
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Fatality near Milepost 296 on the Blue Ridge Parkway
BLOWING ROCK, NC – On Sunday, November 24, 2024, at approximately 5:35 p.m., the Blue Ridge Parkway Communications Center received…
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National Park Service reopens 11-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina on November 6
Asheville, N.C. – On Wednesday morning, November 6, 2024, the National Park Service restored access to approximately 11 miles of the…
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National Park Service continues hurricane recovery efforts as two southern sections of Blue Ridge Parkway reopen
BALSAM, N.C. – On Wednesday morning, October 30, 2024, the National Park Service restored access to nearly 55 miles the…
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Blue Ridge Parkway reopens 20 miles near Blowing Rock, North Carolina on Wednesday, Oct. 23
BLOWING ROCK, NC – On Wednesday morning, October 23, 2024, the Blue Ridge Parkway opened to traffic from milepost 285.5,…
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Blue Ridge Parkway Hurricane Helene Recovery Update – Tuesday, October 8
Asheville, N.C. – The entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway remains closed as emergency stabilization efforts and damage assessments…
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