Parts of the parkway are open after Tropical Storm Helene, but major sections remain closed after the storm. Here's what to ...

Unlike previous years, visitors who travel the Blue Ridge Parkway will still need to navigate some closures along the route ...

National Park Service administrators issued a memo March 5 stating visitation statistics would not be publicized by national ...

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 – enough to set a record.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is among the most-visited national parks in the country. So far in 2025, the parkway has received 1,407,527 visitors, according to National Park Service records. Those ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway maintained high visitation rates in 2024. A March 5 memo from the National Park Service told staffers not to publicize visitation ...