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  MP 393 to 412...

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 393.8 (SR 191 just south of Asheville, North Carolina), and continues to MP 412 (SR 276 to Brevard or Waynesville). 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.
0407140014s.JPG 0407140015s.JPG 0407140016s.JPG French Broad MP 393.9 S, 2100'

French Broad
MP 393.9 S, 2100'
Walnut Cove MP 396.4 S, 2915'

Walnut Cove
MP 396.4 S, 2915'

 MP 396.4 N

MP 396.4 N

 Grassy Knob MP 397.1

Grassy Knob
MP 397.1

 Sleepy Gap MP 397.4 N

Sleepy Gap
MP 397.4 N
0407140021s.JPG Sleepy Gap MP 397.7 N, 2930'

Sleepy Gap
MP 397.7 N, 2930'

 Chestnut Cove MP 398.5 S, 3035'

Chestnut Cove
MP 398.5 S, 3035'

 Pine Mountain MP 399.1

Pine Mountain
MP 399.1
Bad Fork Valley MP 399.8 S, 3350'

Bad Fork Valley
MP 399.8 S, 3350'

 Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood) MP 399.8 S, 3350'

Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood)
MP 399.8 S, 3350'

 MP 399.8 S, 3350'

MP 399.8 S, 3350'

 Bent Creek Gap MP 400.1 N, 3270'

Bent Creek Gap
MP 400.1 N, 3270'
June 2002 rock slide MP 400.7 N

June 2002 rock slide
MP 400.7 N

 Ferrin Knob No. 1 MP 400.8

Ferrin Knob No. 1
MP 400.8

 Wash Creek Valley MP 401.1 S, 3435'

Wash Creek Valley
MP 401.1 S, 3435'

 Ferrin Knob No. 2 MP 401.3

Ferrin Knob No. 2
MP 401.3
Ferrin Knob No. 3 MP 401.4

Ferrin Knob No. 3
MP 401.4

 Beaver Dam Gap MP 401.5, 3570'

Beaver Dam Gap
MP 401.5, 3570'

 Beaver Dam Gap MP 401.7 S, 3570'

Beaver Dam Gap
MP 401.7 S, 3570'

 trail heads MP 401.7 S, 3570'

trail heads
MP 401.7 S, 3570'
0407140022s.JPG 0407140025s.JPG Stony Bald MP 402.6 S, 3750'

Stony Bald
MP 402.6 S, 3750'

 Young Pisgah Ridge MP 403.0

Young Pisgah Ridge
MP 403.0
Big Ridge MP 403.6 S, 3820'

Big Ridge
MP 403.6 S, 3820'

 Sue Gardiner, R. calendulaceum MP ~404 S

Sue Gardiner, R. calendulaceum
MP ~404 S

 Fork Mountain MP 404.0

Fork Mountain
MP 404.0

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0407140043s.JPG 0407140044s.JPG Little Pisgah Ridge MP 406.7

Little Pisgah Ridge
MP 406.7

 R. catawbiense MP 406.9 N

R. catawbiense
MP 406.9 N
Buck Spring MP 407.1

Buck Spring
MP 407.1

 0407140048s.JPG R. arborescens MP 409.3 N, 4925'

R. arborescens
MP 409.3 N, 4925'

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R. arborescens MP 409.3 N, 4925'

R. arborescens
MP 409.3 N, 4925'

 Saxifraga michauxii MP 409.3 N, 4925'

Saxifraga michauxii
MP 409.3 N, 4925'

 R. arborescens MP 409.3 N, 4925'

R. arborescens
MP 409.3 N, 4925'

 Silene virginica (Fire Pink) MP 409.3 N, 4925'

Silene virginica (Fire Pink)
MP 409.3 N, 4925'
Funnel Top MP 409.3 S, 4925'

Funnel Top
MP 409.3 S, 4925'

 0407140054s.JPG 0407140055s.JPG R. arborescens MP 409.8 N

R. arborescens
MP 409.8 N
R. arborescens MP 409.8 N

R. arborescens
MP 409.8 N

 Frying Pan MP 410.0

Frying Pan
MP 410.0

 Pink Beds MP 410.3 S, 4822'

Pink Beds
MP 410.3 S, 4822'

 R. arborescens MP 410.4 N

R. arborescens
MP 410.4 N
R. arborescens MP 410.4 N

R. arborescens
MP 410.4 N

 R. arborescens MP 410.4 N

R. arborescens
MP 410.4 N

 R. arborescens 'Ed's Late' MP 410.5 N

R. arborescens
'Ed's Late'
MP 410.5 N

 R. arborescens 'Ed's Late' MP 410.5 N

R. arborescens
'Ed's Late'
MP 410.5 N
Cradle of Forestry MP 411.0 S, 4710

Cradle of Forestry
MP 411.0 S, 4710

 Cradle of Forestry info MP 411.0 S, 4710'

Cradle of Forestry info
MP 411.0 S, 4710'

 R. arborescens MP 411.4 N

R. arborescens
MP 411.4 N

 R. arborescens MP 411.4 N

R. arborescens
MP 411.4 N
US 276 exit MP 411.7 S, ~4563'

US 276 exit
MP 411.7 S, ~4563'

 Cold Mountain MP 411.9 N, 4550'

Cold Mountain
MP 411.9 N, 4550'

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