Blue Ridge Parkway

Operator Sought For Iconic Bluffs Restaurant Along Blue Ridge Parkway

The Bluffs Restaurant at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway is ready for the next big step on its path to revitalization. Renovations to the restaurant will begin this fall, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, in cooperation with the National Park Service, is seeking an operator for the iconic restaurant, which is slated to reopen in 2020. The Bluffs is located at milepost 241 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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By NPT Staff - October 3rd, 2019 10:16am

Denim Ball Raises More Than $200,000 For Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Restoration

A successful fundraiser brought the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation more than $200,000 closer to its goal for covering the costs of restoration work at Flat Top Manor at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park.

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By NPT Staff - September 10th, 2019 2:00am

National Parks Traveler Episode 27: Blue Ridge Parkway Needs, Acadia's Falcons, And Black Canyon Of The Gunnison

As with many units of the National Park System, there are many needs along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile-long ribbon of bucolic landscape linking Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks. And without the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, many of those needs would go wanting and fall into neglect or worse.

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Senators Introduce Legislation To Boost Highway Funds For National Park System

Legislation has been introduced to the U.S. Senate that, if finds its way into law, would increase highway funding to the National Park Service by almost a quarter.

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By NPT Staff - July 30th, 2019 2:00am

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Help Preserve Moses H. Cone Memorial Park On The Blue Ridge Parkway

When you stop this summer at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway and enjoy the beauty and history of the park and the manor, leave a donation behind before you leave. The estate created by Moses and Bertha Cone needs a lot of TLC, and your support can make it happen.

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By NPT Staff - July 29th, 2019 1:30am

National Parks Traveler Episode 20: Everglades' Python Problem

Burmese pythons long have presented a significant problem for native wildlife in Everglades National Park. Erika Zambello talks to a contractor hired to study and remove these invasive snakes. We also take a look at Acadia, Shenandoah, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and review Ramble On: A History of Hiking.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Seeks Support For Projects To Improve National Park

Supporting your favorite national park sometimes means more than simply visiting and enjoying the vistas. Along the 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway there are more than a few projects that need to be tackled, and your donation to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation could help make that possible.

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By NPT Staff - June 4th, 2019 2:00am

Traveler's View: Parks Promoted As Economic Engines, But They're Struggling

You might have heard the news. The National Park System was behind a $40 billion bump in the nation's economy last year. What that jubilant news released by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt overlooked was the dire state of the park system.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 26th, 2019 1:30am

Blue Ridge Parkway Announces 2019 Pavement Preservation Work

Summer usually is the peak season for national park vacations and, unfortunately. it's also the peak season for road work. If you're planning to travel the Blue Ridge Parkway, know that more than 100 miles of the scenic road will be resurfaced in the coming months. And that means there will be some lane closures that will slow things down.

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By NPT Staff - May 16th, 2019 1:30am

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Blue Ridge Parkway Prepares for Interstate 26 Widening Project

The National Park Service has announced it intends to adopt the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement for the widening of Interstate 26 in Buncombe and Henderson County, North Carolina.

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By NPT Staff - March 25th, 2019 1:30am

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