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Linking the Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks, this 469 mile parkway takes you along the spine of the mountains.  There are many vistas and you can pick segments for exploring adventures! The four sections are listed below with some suggestions for your visit. Click the link above to use an interactive map to plan your trip!

PISGUAH

MP 340-469

Mount Mitchell State Park 355.4

Craggy Gardens 364.6

Folk Art Center 382

Asheville 382.6

Parkway Visitor Center 384

Chimney Rock 384.7

DuPont 388.8 & 393.6

Mt. Pisgah 408.6

Pisguah Inn 408.8

Clydes Restaurant

Transylvania County 411.8

Looking Glass Falls

Gorges

Skinny Dip Falls 417

Graveyard Falls 419

Waterrock Knob 451.2

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cherokee

HIGHLANDS

MP 216.9-339

Cumberland Knob 217.5

Doughton Park 241.1

NW Trading Post 258.6

Jeffress Park 272

Blowing Rock 291.8 & 294.6

Cone Park 294.1

Price Park 297.1

Linn Cove Viaduct 304.4

Grandfather Mountain 305

Linville Falls 316.4

Mineral Museum 331

Crabtree Falls 339

PLATEAU

MP 106-217

 

Explore Park 115

Roanoke Mountain 120.4

Rocky Knob 169

Mabry Mill 176.1

Groundhog Mountain 189

Blue Ridge Music Center 21

RIDGE

MP 0-106

Skyline Drive Shenandoah National Park

Humpback Rocks 5.8

Otter Creek 60.9

Natural Bridge Park 61.6 & 63.7

James River 63.8

Apple Orchard Falls 78

Falling Water Cascades 83

Peaks of Otter 86

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