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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 image. Click for full size.
Photographed 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.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Blue Ridge Parkway series list.
 
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 Highway 215), on the left when traveling south. Marker is located On the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the Richard Balsam Overlook. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brevard NC 28712, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Forest Decline (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest (approx. 3.8 miles away); Devil's Courthouse (approx. 4 miles away); Restoring A Forest (approx. 4 miles away); Sunburst (approx. 6.9 miles away); Inman Chapel (approx. 7˝ miles away); Looking Glass Rock (approx. 7.8 miles away); Judaculla Rock Petroglyphs (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brevard.
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Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
2. Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway Marker
Marker on Blue Ridge Parkway image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
3. Marker on Blue Ridge Parkway
View from Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 8, 2012
4. View from Marker
Blue Ridge Parkway image. Click for full size.
Photographed 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 was last revised on February 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 3,876 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.

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