western Virginia
Visited: Sometime Soon
NPS Site Visited: Not There Yet
NPS Website
Our plan was to sneak down to Shenandoah NP for a few days after our office’s annual conference. We thought the first week in November would be prime foliage falling season.
Just as we were packing our bags we received a surprise email from our friend Italo [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Blue Ridge Mountains’
Shenendoah National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, Unvisited, Virginia on November 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Blue Ridge Parkway
Posted in Parkway, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, Parkway, Scenic Drives, Virginia on October 30, 2005 | 1 Comment »
stretches from Shenandoah NP, Va. to Great Smoky Mountains NP, Tenn.
Visited: October 30, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 276 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
469 miles of two-lane road that follows the Appalachian Mountain ridgeline, each mile more breathtaking than the last.
BEAUTY (10/10)
The Parkway rides the long, bumpy spine of the Appalachians, roller-coastering its way above [...]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Appalachia, Black Bears, Blue Ridge Mountains, Crowded Parks, Hiking, North Carolina, Tennessee, World Heritage Site on October 26, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Visited: October 26, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 271 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Wonderfully vast and diverse Appalachian mountain park that boasts over 500,000 acres and more plant species than the continent of Europe. This wilderness playground is home to many superlatives including our most visited National Park and our most polluted.
BEAUTY (10/10)
Newfound Gap Road, [...]
