Blue Ridge Parkway, scenic motor route, extending 469 miles (755 km) primarily through the Blue Ridge segment of the Appalachian Mountains in the western portions of Virginia and North Carolina, U.S. It links Shenandoah National Park (northeast) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park (southwest) and passes through George Washington and Jefferson (Virginia) and Pisgah and Nantahala (North Carolina) national forests. The parkway, established in 1936, encompasses a total area of 149 square miles (386 square km) and is administered by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). Headquarters are in Asheville, North Carolina, near the parkway’s southern terminus.
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