ROAD TRIP: Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee to Asheville, NC
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- A road-trip along the last 84 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Cherokee to Asheville, NC. Beautiful scenery and pleasant driving along a part of America's longest linear park.
For this video I did something different than usual. My wife and I drove the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway (#blueridgeparkway). We started at the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Cherokee, North Carolina and took the scenic route to Asheville. The weather was part sunny and part raining which made for dramatic views. There was very little traffic and way to many overlooks and viewpoints to stop at them all! I highly recommend driving this route to anyone who is looking for and endless stream of pleasant driving and beautiful views.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is noted for its scenic beauty, and is America's longest linear park. At 469 miles long, it links together the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We drove only a small portion of its length south of Asheville, but had an amazing trip.
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My father and I have riden the parkway end to end twice on motorcycles, and I've always thought the stretch between Asheville and Cherokee is the nicest section.
It is a beautiful section! Thanks for watching! 👍
@@SoutheasternFrontiersthe last long ride my late wife and I made together (her Honda VLX still sits in my garage along with my VTX)…I can’t bring my old ass to sell them…they hold too many memories 😍😍😍…God Bless Y’all 🙏🫶🏻🙏🫶🏻🙏
@@bisleyblackhawk1288 I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. You obviously have wonderful memories of your time together! Thanks for sharing and God bless you too. 🙏👍
I am actually going to do this in reverse from what you did! So happy to find this video
Glad I could help! Hope you have a great trip.
Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee to Asheville, NC. Video has attractive content and form. Watched the video on Feb 28, 2023very like. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Asheville is actually one of the places I have considered moving to. It's so beautiful in the Blue Ridge area.
It is for sure!
Have been there in the late 60's.
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Water Rock Knob had no visitors' center and was unpaved when she kissed me and said, "You're mine". Sixty odd years later I had to lay her to her rest. It had to be on Water Rock Knob where her ashes would rest. Wonderful mountain girl, marvelous wife, fantastic mother then grandmother. Good grief, what I wouldn't give to see her again, say and do all the things I did not say and do while she was here. Her mountains pull hard at my heart.
🥲 I don't know what to say . Thank you so much for sharing that memorial of your wife with us. We are honored to have touched you in this way with our little video.
Your route was exactly what I wanted to do, and needed! 🙏 Thank you for the wonderful video.
Thank you. Glad I could help! 👍
Love this video, the rain & clouds are definitely one of the most beautiful aspects of the Smokies. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Indeed they are! Thank you for watching!
drove a portion of it today to go to Mount Mitchell, absolutely stunning views - loved it!
Great! Glad you liked it. It is beautiful. 👍
This drive is worth the time. Beautiful views. So glad you got a beautiful day! Thank you for the details of the drive.
It is beautiful! Stunningly so. Thanks for watching! 😎
I grew up in the blue ridge mountains and hendersonville nc is my hometown
Great! Its such beautiful country. 👍
My birthday was two days ago
Happy Birthday! 🥳
Nice road trip, with some beautiful views. Thank you for sharing and wishing you a wonderful day. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Thanks for watching!
My home ❤❤❤❤❤❤
You are so fortunate! 👍
Gorgeous
It really is! 👍
North carolina is the most beautiful place from the blue ridge parkway
It is gorgeous! 👍
I have a new Blue Ridge Parkway in NC video coming out soon! Stay tuned!
This is a great video! Thank you for sharing! My wife and I are planning to do the same BRP route in our next trip to Asheville, NC. Did you find any segments of the road to be unsafe or scary? Anything of concern or tips you can think of? It all looks very pretty and relaxing in the video. Thank you. 🙂
It was very relaxing! No issues at all. The road is winding for sure, but in a nice scenic sort of way. The tunnels were nice markers along the way as well. I highly recommend stopping at the visitors center and stretching legs there, but we also got out at a few other view points and I don't regret it!
How far is Piegon Forge, Tnn to Asheville, NC? How many Tunnels were there?
That's a little tricky to answer. It is 42 miles from Pigeon Forge, TN to Cherokee, NC where the Blue Ridge Parkway starts (or ends depending on your point of view) through the Smokey Mountains National Park. Along that segment, there is 1 tunnel that I can think of. Once you get on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Cherokee, it is 84 miles to Asheville, NC and there are 17 tunnels. There is a nice interactive map of the Blue Ridge Parkway that will show you the location of all the tunnels (and attractions, hiking trails, dining, lodging, etc.) here: www.blueridgeparkway.org/parkway-map/
About how long did it take you to drive it with your stops? I'm trying to figure out a day trip from Pigeon Forge TN to Cherokee on to Ashville and then back to Pigeon Forge.
We got onto the Blue Ridge Parkway at 2pm and arrived in Asheville at about 5pm, so 3 hrs with lots and lots of stops. Hope you have a great trip and thanks for watching!
@@SoutheasternFrontiers Thanks for the answer! We love the area, we stay in Pigeon Forge but would like to go see the mountain scenery and flowering trees. Thanks
@@LoriFoster Your welcome! Have a great trip! 👍
Hey, we'd like to make this exact drive in a few weeks when we'll be up that way. Could you tell us how long the drive took you? Thank you!
We got onto the Blue Ridge Parkway at 2pm and arrived in Asheville at about 5pm, so 3 hrs with lots and lots of stops. Hope you have a great trip!
I was there in the 60's?
I bet things have changed some since then. Thanks for watching! 👍
I enjoyed your video. Thank you for being able to enjoy the beautiful scenery and drive. I have a question. How did the camera take the front and then the right? Did your wife turn by hand? So how did you fix the camera to the car before that?
The camera is handheld by either my wife (usually) or myself for the entire video.
@@SoutheasternFrontiers The whole time during you drive? Wow you are doing great. that passion...
@New York Drive Well, we didn't film every minute of the trip! Just the highlights. It really is an awesome drive. 👍
Is Dry Falls also on this route?
Sorry, I just realized that you are talking about along the Blue Ridge Parkway! 😂. I need to pay more attention! I think Dry Falls is a ways off the Parkway.
@SoutheasternFrontiers we went there from Franklin, NC in 25 min. First, comes Bust Your Butt Falls and then 15 to 20 min later the awesome Dry Falls. It was such a great experience. We stopped a little before the actual Bust your butt falls and went down and enjoyed the gentle rapids there. Bridal Veil falls is next but not much to see.
Thanks for the info! I’ve never been to Dry Falls, but the pictures look amazing! 👍
@SoutheasternFrontiers do go! It's an experience! It's on the scenic by-way, 64.
@@user-xz6cc1qu8i I will! Thanks. 👍