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About the Virginia - Western Mountains

Located midway between New York and Florida, Virginia is the gateway to the South. It is bordered by Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and Maryland to the north; the Atlantic Ocean to the east; North Carolina and Tennessee to the south; and West Virginia and Kentucky to the west. Western Virginia is mountainous, covered by the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountains with the great Shenandoah Valley falling between the ranges.

The Blue Ridge Parkway — known as America's Favorite Drive - meanders 469 miles from Shenandoah National Park in northern Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. The parkway follows the Appalachian Mountain chain and provides some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, ranging from 650 to 6,000 feet in elevation.

'How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!'

by John Muir, Founder of the Sierra Club.

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Blue Ridge Marathon on the Parkway Full and half marathon to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The construction of the Parkway was a challenge that required vision, commitment, perseverance, and determination - this... [read more]

The Blue Ridge Travel Association