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Blue Ridge Parkway Historical Markers

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a national parkway, a scenic roadway and protected corridor of surrounding parkland, managed by the National Park Service. The limited-access road travels 469 miles through 29 counties in North Carolina and Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
 
By Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2016
Blue Ridge Parkway Marker
1 ► North Carolina, Alleghany County, Ennice — M-49 — Blue Ridge Parkway —
2 ► North Carolina, Alleghany County, Hare — Fox Hunters Paradise —
3 ► North Carolina, Alleghany County, Laurel Springs — Robert Lee Doughton —
4 ► North Carolina, Alleghany County, Sparta — Sparta —
5 ► North Carolina, Alleghany County, Sparta — Stone Mountain —
6 ► North Carolina, Alleghany County, Sparta — Tillers of the Land - Then and Now — Blue Ridge Parkway —
7 ► North Carolina, Ashe County, West Jefferson — Mt. Jefferson —
8 ► North Carolina, Buncombe County, Bent Creek — French Broad River —
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9 ► North Carolina, Buncombe County, Montreat — Beetles Bring Hope for Hemlock Survival —
10 ► North Carolina, Haywood County, Canton — Cradle of Forestry —
11 ► North Carolina, Haywood County, Maggie Valley — Browning Knob —
12 ► North Carolina, Haywood County, Waynesville — North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest —
13 ► North Carolina, McDowell County, Grassy Creek — Apple Tree —
14 ► North Carolina, McDowell County, Old Fort — The First U.S. Forest Service Tract — Blue Ridge Parkway —
15 ► North Carolina, McDowell County, Spruce Pine — Sounds From the Mountains — Blue Ridge Parkway —
16 ► North Carolina, McDowell County, Spruce Pine — The Loops —
17 ► North Carolina, Mitchell County, Spruce Pine — First Mountain Parkway — Crest of the Blue Ridge Highway —
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18 ► North Carolina, Swain County, Cherokee — Cherokee Homeland — Blue Ridge Parkway —
19 ► North Carolina, Swain County, Cherokee — With a Brush of a Comet's Tail — Blue Ridge Parkway —
20 ► North Carolina, Transylvania County, Brevard — Devil's Courthouse —
21 ► North Carolina, Transylvania County, Brevard — Forest Decline —
22 ► North Carolina, Transylvania County, Brevard — Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway —
23 ► North Carolina, Transylvania County, Brevard — Looking Glass Rock —
24 ► North Carolina, Watauga County, Blowing Rock — A Prosperous Mountain Family —
25 ► North Carolina, Watauga County, Blowing Rock — Carriage Roads — Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Carriage Roads and Trails —
26 ► North Carolina, Watauga County, Blowing Rock — Moses Cone Estate — A Summer Retreat — Blue Ridge Parkway —
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27 ► North Carolina, Wilkes County, Traphill — A Mountain Home — Keeping it Warm — Blue Ridge Parkway —
28 ► North Carolina, Wilkes County, Traphill — Making Linsey-Woolsey — Blue Ridge Parkway —
29 ► North Carolina, Wilkes County, Traphill — The Brinegar Family — A Part of the Community — Blue Ridge Parkway —
30 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Bedford — A Community at "the Mons" — Blue Ridge Parkway —
31 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Bedford — Abbott Lake — Stanley William Abbott — 1908 - 1975 —
32 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Bedford — Apple Orchard Mtn. —
33 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Bedford — Peaks of Otter — “A rougher road could not be imagined” — Hunter’s Raid —
34 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Bedford — Polly Woods' Ordinary —
35 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Big Island — A Transportation Corridor — Navigating a Historic River —
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36 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Big Island — Harry F. Byrd Memorial Bridge —
37 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Big Island — James River —
38 ► Virginia, Bedford County, Montvale — Peaks of Otter —
39 ► Virginia, Botetourt County, Blue Ridge — Appalachian Trail — Blue Ridge Parkway —
40 ► Virginia, Carroll County, Fancy Gap — The Agricultural Scene —
41 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Floyd — America's Rural Landscape — Blue Ridge Parkway —
42 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — A Versatile Mill —
43 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Appalachian Houses —
44 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Bark Mill —
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45 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Blacksmith Shop —
46 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Challenges —
47 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Homemade Soap Recipe —
48 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Lumber Drying Rack —
49 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Mabry Mill —
50 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Mill Stones —
51 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Rural Life In Appalachia —
52 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Sorghum Making —
53 ► Virginia, Floyd County, Meadows of Dan — Whiskey Still —
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54 ► Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — Rockfish Gap —
55 ► Virginia, Nelson County, Montebello — 20-Minute Cliff —
56 ► Virginia, Patrick County, Woolwine — Buffalo Mountain —
57 ► Virginia, Patrick County, Woolwine — Rock Castle Gorge —
58 ► Virginia, Roanoke County, Roanoke — Roanoke —
59 ► Virginia, Rockbridge County, Montebello — Old Logging Railroad —
 
 
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