Blue Ridge Parkway south end

South of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

This park, barely wider than the highway, is 469 miles long, between Shenandoah National Park in Virginia at the north end and Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina at the south end. We visited the northern end a few weeks ago.

Entering the southern end of the parkway:

Entrance sign

There were several tunnels:

Tunnel

Tunnel

Parkway

Tunnel

Tunnel

Tunnel

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Fire lookout:

Fire lookout

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Visitor center:

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Elevation 5,820 feet:

Elevation 5,820

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