Looking For Lodging: the Blue Ridge Parkway

[jpurdy]

The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of America’s natural treasures. Winding 469 miles along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, the parkway annually welcomes more visitors than any of the other 390 units managed by the National Park Service.

Travel along the paved and mostly winding two-lane parkway is leisurely and free of commercial vehicles as it wanders through a largely undeveloped stretch of the southern Appalachians. Along the way are frequent visitor centers, a water-powered grist mill, a folk art center, a trading post, pioneer exhibits, and many scenic waysides. The parkway is navigated via mile markers in the form of easily observed short cement posts along the roadside. Mile marker zero is at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro at the north end of the parkway. Brochures that include a map with mile markers are available at National Park Service visitor centers and commercial establishments along the parkway.

See link for Lodging Locations
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...<br /> parkway

link for Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Guide:
http://ncnatural.com/Parkway/BRP-Camping.html

[renodesertfox]

Howdy John,
Excellent thread man! You should have placed it in the "Where to Go" section. If I ever get back to that part of the country in the next year or two by way of auto, that is one trip I would like to take. Do you know of any tent campgrounds or just regalur cgs in the area? Thanks in advance.

[jpurdy]

I tried to put it there but North Carolina and Virginia are in two different sections.
if you read the post again you will see the link i added to the Parkway Travel guide.
It has camping for both states. Enjoy !!

[renodesertfox]

Howdy John,
Thanks again but I think perhaps you might just put it in all the "Where To Go" sections that apply in the future. For a time when I first started here I was only interested with the region that I was from. Gee whiz, I was really missing out on a ton of great places to go in the future. Now, just like you and a few others we are all over the trail just like cow patties. It's great to camp and someday everywhere!

[jpurdy]

VDF, I did as you suggested and put it in both the
Northeast and Southeast sections under "where to go"
you or JohnJohn can remove the off topic version .