Blue Ridge Parkway

There is a reason the Blue Ridge Parkway is consistently ranked the best scenic drive in America. It’s long so you may not be around this area, but if you happen to be in Blowing Rock or Boone, it’s worth making a trip to the Linn Cove Viaduct on the parkway. It feels like you’re flying as you drive across. Near the viaduct there is also one of the best quick hikes named Rough Ridge.

In the autumn of 2017, I went to the Blue Ridge Mountain Road with three friends. Although the Blue Ridge is named because the spring mountains are blue, there is no doubt that the autumn blue Ridge is more beautiful! The 755-kilometer Blue Ridge Mountain Road undulates along the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the valleys on both sides of the hillsides are green, yellow, red... bright colors are wonderful! It is really refreshing to drive on such a road! Compared with California Highway 1, it is another kind of amazing! Blue Ridge Mountain Road, one day can not be opened, two days are too fast, three days are more suitable, accommodation in the national park will be more expensive, between the two national parks, there will be cheaper motels.

First of all, let's talk about the price/performance ratio. American tourism is a bit good, freeways are not charged, oil prices are cheap, and many attractions are free. Therefore, the United States is a very suitable destination for self-driving tours. I needed to stay in the United States for four months due to work, and I drove to blue ridge parkway with my colleagues. From Asheville to Blowing Rock. Main attractions: Michelle Peak (the first peak in the US East), linville waterfall, and a road bridge attached to the cliff edge. It was early to go, and the most beautiful time was November. The mountains and forests were beautiful.

The Blue Ridge Highway is between the two national parks of Shannadu and Great Smoky Mountains. The Blue Ridge Highway is the most worth visiting. The whole journey is 755 kilometers, with two-way lanes, attracting countless tourists every year. The top-ranked landscape avenue in the United States.

This is the starting point of the north of the Blue Ridge Highway. The mountain road in the park is 175 miles and the speed limit is 45 miles, but it is very fast to drive to 40 miles. There are forest parks along the way. There are many observation decks to park and watch the scenery. We drove for four or five hours before halfway. There is a place to refuel in the middle, but it is best to fill up the oil before going up the mountain. It takes four or five hours to drive on the mountain road to the oil station.

The Blue Ridge Highway is known as one of the most beautiful roads in the United States and one of the top ten thrilling roads in the world. From Virginia to North Carolina, it is 469 miles long in the Appalachian Mountains, connected to Shenandoah National Park (one of the least man-made national parks in the United States), and South Dakota has the most man-made national parks in the United States).