Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a journey through history, filled with Cherokee traditions, music, agriculture, crafts, nature and much more, while being only 5 miles from the Inn. It is the longest road planned as a single unit in the United States and serves to protect the beautiful mountain landscape far beyond the road itself. It is a series of parks providing scenic views for visitors including natural gardens, cascading waterfalls, dense forests and airy meadows. It is continuous in its panoramic views, which offer miles of countryside scenes to motorists alike. The Blue Ridge Parkway is no stranger to fleeting deer, wild turkey or a red fox. For the less wild side, visitors can enjoy herds of cows grazing in pastures or horses trotting in fields. Although the views and journey seem like enough, the Blue Ridge Parkway continues to delight folks in a chain of recreational activities, small mountain shops, and traditional restaurants that easily fulfill the mountain experience. The Blue Ridge Parkway offers all of this and so much more, making it the most heavily visited unit of the National Park Service.