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Brevard in Transylvania County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway
 
Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
1. Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway Marker
 
Inscription.
6053 Ft.
Highest elevation
Blue Ridge Parkway
Motor Road.

United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service

 
Erected by National Park Service.
 
Location. 35° 19.642′ N, 82° 57.91′ W. Marker is in Brevard, North Carolina, in Transylvania County. Marker is on Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 431), 8 miles south of Lake Logan Road (North Carolina Route 215), on the left when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is located On the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the Richard Balsam Overlook. Marker is in this post office area: Brevard NC 28712, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Forest Decline (a few steps from this marker); Rutherford Trace (approx. 9.9 miles away); a different marker also named Rutherford Trace (approx. 10.2 miles away); Forestry School (approx. 10.5 miles away); Rock House Creek Lodge (approx. 10.5 miles away); Draw Road (approx. 10.5 miles away); Wash Place (approx. 10.5 miles away); Schenck's Office (approx. 10.6 miles away in North carolina). Click for a list of all markers in Brevard.
 
Also see . . .  History of the Blue Ridge Parkway. (Submitted on August 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)
 
Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
2. Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway Marker
 
 
Marker on Blue Ridge Parkway Photo, Click for full size
By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
3. Marker on Blue Ridge Parkway
 
 
View from Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
4. View from Marker
 
 
Blue Ridge Parkway Photo, Click for full size
By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
5. Blue Ridge Parkway
Marker is on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 431.4. The Parkway is a 469 mile road through the Blue Ridge Mountains that connects Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on August 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 105 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.
 
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