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Visitors can now organize their trip with a new mobile app for Android and iPhone.

Blue Ridge Parkway Association Launches Mobile Travel App

Visitors have a new tool to help them plan a trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway and surrounding regions with a mobile app available to Android and iPhones.
All the ingredients needed for the Praline Crescents

Holiday Recipes – Second + Third Place Winners

The second and third place recipes of our Blue Ridge Country holiday contest.
The final product of Praline Crescents-yum!

Our Holiday Recipe Contest – Behind the Scenes

A behind-the-scenes look at our holiday recipe contest, plus how we made the dishes in our own kitchens!
View west from Tinker Cliffs looks across North Mountain, Potts Mountain and into West Virginia.

A Favorite Trail Well Enjoyed

Andy Lane Trail to Appalachian Trail to Tinker Cliffs and back. 7.2 miles.
The Crafty Halfback

Blue Ridge Country Wins Bronze at International Regional Magazine Association

Blue Ridge Country Wins Bronze at International Regional Magazine Association for Essay Contest submission by Wally Avett.

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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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