Eli Reeves Cabin at Hobbyknob Farm

07/26/2026

WTF!!!!! Seems the states will have to take it on!!!

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

02/02/2026

WTF

01/07/2026

A hard to believe in a just a year, so much damage!

08/29/2025

Love this photo

A soft glow on the mountains that don't ask for much, just your attention.
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08/29/2025

100 years ago, Asheville changed the course of American music.

In August 1925, producer Ralph Peer invited fiddlers, banjo players, ballad singers, and blues musicians to step up to a recording horn at the George Vanderbilt Hotel. What they captured became the first commercial recordings ever made in Appalachia—two years before the legendary Bristol Sessions.

Now, Asheville is celebrating a century of sound with:
💿 Remastered recordings from the original 1925 sessions (CD + vinyl, Aug. 25)

🎤 A four-day citywide music celebration featuring performances from artists like Ketch Secor from Old Crow Medicine Show, River Whyless, Toubab Krewe, Tyler Ramsey, Floating Action and more (Nov. 6–9).

Be here when history echoes through the mountains again. Explore the story + plan your trip at the link in our comments!

08/29/2025

Cooler up there too!

On top of the world! 🌄

The highest part of the Parkway is found at the Richland Balsam Overlook (milepost 431.4). At this point you are 6053 feet above sea level! ☁️

This high elevation rewards visitors with stunning views of the surrounding forests, where you can see the fir and spruce trees that are hallmarks of higher elevation forests. (Lower elevation forests are dominated by more broad leaf trees, like beeches and maples.) 🌲

If you continue northbound on the Parkway, you will come to the Richland Balsam trail head at mile post 431. Here you can do the 1.5 mile moderate hike through the forest to the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Parkway. 🥾

Have you been to Richland Balsam? If so, what did you see from the highest point on the Parkway? 👓

NPS Photo: Sign for highest elevation on the Blue Ridge Parkway with mountain slope and blue sky with clouds in the background. 📸K. Valentine

08/29/2025

Yes! Good news?

🍂 More good news for the Parkway!

A landslide repair at Devil’s Courthouse (Milepost 422) is complete, reopening the overlook, trail, and restoring continuous access to more than 85 miles from Asheville all the way to Cherokee.

📍 Check road status and plan your visit: go.nps.gov/Helene