The Blue Ridge Parkway will be completely closed on the North Carolina and Virginia sides — on a temporary basis — starting ...

Snow, sleet and freezing rain are forecast along the parkway, along with gusts of 30 mph. Ice accumulations could top a half ...

NC/VA (WFXR) – National Park Service officials say park visitors should expect closures throughout the entire Blue Ridge ...

Blue Ridge Parkway announced that visitors can expect parkwide closures in preparation for the incoming winter storm that is ...

On Monday, January 12, 2026, Yancey County in N.C. became the 29th county to adopt the resolution, said the foundation.

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 ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia reopened Friday, two weeks after remnants of Hurricane Helene caused disastrous flooding in the Appalachian region. The parkway is now open from milepost 0 to ...

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

The National Park Service reopened an 8-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 221.8 to 229.7 on the North Carolina side near the border with Virginia on Aug. 15, the agency said in a ...

A total of 16.7 million people traversed the Blue Ridge Parkway last year, a 6% increase over 2022, according to preliminary numbers from the National Park Service. While official numbers have not ...