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11/04/2026

Roy Taylor Forest Overlook & Playform

📍Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

The Roy Taylor Forest Overlook is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 433.3 in Waynesville, North Carolina, sitting at an elevation of 5,580 feet.

Key Details About the Overlook

• The Path & Deck: A short, paved walk (about 0.1 miles with minimal elevation change) leads from the parking pull-off to an accessible wooden observation deck and viewing platform.
• The Views: The deck features views looking out toward the surrounding western North Carolina mountains and valleys, though the sightlines can be partially framed by trees.
• The Memorial: You will pass a memorial plaque dedicated to Roy A. Taylor, a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina who served from 1961 to 1977. The surrounding forest was named in his honor in 1982

11/04/2026

View of the Fall Foliage on Mount Pisgah From the Blue Ridge Parkway

📍Mount Pisgah, North Carolina

11/04/2026

The Vanderbilts Long Forgotten Spring House To their Old Hunting Lodge

📍Buck Springs Lodge, Blue Ridge Parkway

Buck Spring Lodge was a rustic, Adirondack-style summer hunting retreat built in 1896 for George Washington Vanderbilt II and his wife, Edith. The complex sat high in the mountains approximately 20 miles from the Biltmore House.

Over the years, the site grew to include around ten structures, including a main lodge with a massive six-foot-high fireplace, a separate kitchen and dining building, a stable (later a garage), a honeymoon cottage, a ranger’s house, and a playhouse/school. Despite its remote mountaintop setting, the lodge featured electricity, indoor plumbing, hot water, and telephone service powered by an on-site water-wheel generator and spring house.

Vanderbilt hosted notable figures here, including various U.S. Cabinet Secretaries (War,

Following George Vanderbilt's death in 1914, the property was sold to the State of North Carolina. The remaining buildings were completely demolished in 1961.

Today Visitors can park at the Buck Spring Gap Overlook and walk a short distance via the stone steps and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to explore the historic clearing, where remnants of the old stone foundations, retaining walls, and the intact spring house can still be seen

11/03/2026

Did You Know You Can Hike To The Top Of A Tunnel On The Blue Ridge Parkway?

📍The Buck Springs Tunnel

Park at the buck springs gap overlook parking lot & walk to the right

11/02/2026

Autumn Foliage in Western North Carolina seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway

Sprawling Appalachian ridges covered in reds, oranges, and golds

11/02/2026

What seems to be the MAMA helicopter flying over the blue ridge parkway on Halloween day 2026

11/01/2026

Frying Pan Tower Viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway

Fryingpan Mountain Lookout Tower is a historic 70-foot steel fire tower located on a 5,340-foot summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, accessible from Milepost 409.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

History and Overview

• Built in 1941 by the U.S. Forest Service, it is the tallest historic fire lookout tower in Western North Carolina.
• It served as an active fire lookout until it was decommissioned in the 1990s and later restored.
• The summit features wide 360-degree panoramic views overlooking Cold Mountain, Looking Glass Rock, and Mount Pisgah.

11/01/2026

Halloween on the Blue Ridge Parkway

📍North Carolina

View of the Peak Fall Colors & Looking Glass Rock from the Cherry Cove Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Elevation 4,327ft

10/29/2026

🐱Cuteness overload. Feral kittens a family member trapped and taming for new homes, they look like they should be in a calendar, they are purrfect.

10/24/2026

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