From Waterrock Knob to the Smokies - Blue Ridge Parkway is a photograph by Susan Rissi Tregoning which was uploaded on June 29th, 2020.
From Waterrock Knob to the Smokies - Blue Ridge Parkway
The view to the west from atop Waterrock Knob. The small white square in the valley is the Cherokee Hotel and Casino. Clingmans Dome in the Great... more
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From Waterrock Knob to the Smokies - Blue Ridge Parkway
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Susan Rissi Tregoning
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The view to the west from atop Waterrock Knob. The small white square in the valley is the Cherokee Hotel and Casino. Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is about as far as we can see on this beautiful cloudy day.
Waterrock Knob Visitors Center, located at milepost 451.2 along the Blue Ridge Parkway, is a must-stop along the North Carolina section of the scenic drive. At an elevation of 5820, it is the highest visitors center on the Parkway and has nearly a 360-degree view! From here, you are at the heart of the Southern Highlands with views of all the major southern mountain ranges: the Great Balsams, Smokies, Cowees, Nantahalas, Blue Ridge Mountains, Newfound Mountains, Blacks, and Craggies.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is designated as an All American Road, the highest designation in the National Scenic Byway system. At 469 miles long, the Parkway begins at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, winds its way through North Carolina terminating at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along the way, it provides spectacular mountain and valley vistas, quiet pastoral scenes, sparkling waterfalls, and colorful flower and foliage displays.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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June 29th, 2020
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Leif Sohlman
From Waterrock Knob to the Smokies - Blue Ridge Parkway is a beautiful find and capture Susan
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