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The Blue Ridge Parkway starts in Virginia and runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the North Carolina/Tennessee border—a glorious 469.1 mile "Appalachian Trail for cars".
This segment of the tour begins at MP 346 and continues to MP 393 (SR 191 south of Asheville). It shows the overlooks, tunnels and major signs, and some of the many plants, mostly in the sequence you would see them heading west. Each picture shows the location, the side of the road (N or S) and for many, the elevation.
Click a picture to enlarge it (and for the date it was taken, to see when the plants were in bloom*). Click your browser 'back' button to pick up where you left off in the small pictures.
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* Click bloom times for a more complete list of plants and their locations along the parkway, arranged by bloom time.
Singecat Ridge OL
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Monarda sp.
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Monarda sp.
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Clematis viorna
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FS 482 intersection
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Forest Service Road 482 to Old Fort NC - road to the "red max".
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R. maximum
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Rhododendron maximum
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Rough Ridge Tunnel
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R. maximum
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Licklog Ridge OL
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Mt Mitchell OL
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Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison)
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Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison)
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R. calendulaceum
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Amianthium muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison), Lycopodium sp. (Running Pine)
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Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed)
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Lilium superbum (Turk's Cap Lily)
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Lichen sp.
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R. maximum
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R. calendulaceum
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R. calendulaceum
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Black Mountain Gap
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Ridge Junction OL
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Mt Mitchell, 4.8 miles
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Asheville Watershed
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Hypericum prolificum
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Hypericum prolificum
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Saxifraga michauxii
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Saxifraga michauxii
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Oenethera sp. (Sundrops)
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Balsam Gap OL
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R. calendulaceum
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Habenaria fimbriata (Purple Fringed Orchid)
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Habenaria fimbriata (Purple Fringed Orchid)
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Glassmine Falls OL
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R. maximum, Saxifraga michauxii
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Cuscuta sp. (Dodder)
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Graybeard Mtn OL
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Saxifraga michauxii, Krigia montana (Dwarf Dandelion)
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Craggy Dome OL
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Balds what and why...
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Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel
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at Craggy Pinnacle tunnel
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Craggy Gardens Visitor Center
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Silene virginica (Fire Pink)
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Craggy Flats Tunnel
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Saxifraga michauxii seedling
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Angelica gigas
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Phlox sp.
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R. calendulaceum
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Craggy Gardens picnic ground
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Penstemon sp.
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R. calendulaceum (Flame Azalea)
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Tradescantia sp. (Spiderwort)
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Lane Pinnacle OL
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Spirea sp.
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Bull Creek Valley OL
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Tanbark Ridge OL
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Coreopsis major
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Craven Gap
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Silene cucubalas (Bladder Campion)
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Haw Creek Valley OL
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Marmota monax (Groundhog)
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Verbascum thapsus (Mullein)
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Folk Art Center
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US 70 exit
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Swannanoa River
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US 74 exit
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SR 191 exit
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