View from The Blue Ridge Parkway scenic highway. The Blue Ridge Parkway is the only road to be designated a National Park. It covers 469 miles.

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View from The Blue Ridge Parkway scenic highway. The Blue Ridge Parkway is the only road to be designated a National Park. It covers 469 miles along the famous Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina.

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Location: Blue Ridge Parkway NP, North Carolina, USA
Photo credit: © Janice and Nolan Braud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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