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Name: Blue Ridge Parkway
Location: East Coast United States
What's it like?
The Blue Ridge Parkway is ranked "America's most scenic drive"
by leading travel; writers. Following mountain crests from Shenandoah National
Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and
Tennessee, the Parkway is the gateway to an Appalachian empire where visitors
escape the speed and crowding of modern life.
The Parkway's 469 toll-free miles combine awesome natural beauty with the pioneer
history of gristmills, weathered cabins and split rail fences to create the country's
most popular National Park area. This "sanctuary of high places" encompasses a
world of mountain forests, wildlife, and wildflowers thousands of feet above a
patchwork of villages, fields, and farms.
From the first explosion of colorful wildflowers in the spring to the refreshing
coolness of summer to the fall extravaganza in red and gold to the stark beauty
of snow-covered peaks in winter - each season provides visitors with a completely
different Blue Ridge Parkway.
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