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355.8 Junction Ridge (Great Sunrise and Birds)
363.0 Graybeard
413.0 Pounding Mill (Rock formation)
418.0 East Fork
418.8 Graveyard Fields
420.0 Black Balsam (Best Morning Site)
424.0 Wolf Mountain (Rock Wall for Morning Sun)
430.0 Cowee Mountain (Best Sunset)
431.0 Balsam Gap
436.0 Grassy Ridge (Wild Flowers Mid-July-Aug)
451.2 Water Rock Knob (2nd best Sunset)
If you are driving a large motor home or 5th wheel trailer you may have issues with 1 or more of the 25 tunnels along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the vast majority of which are in North Carolina.
The Minimum Height column shows the lowest point of a tunnel along the edge of the road while the Maximum Height is the highest point of the tunnel over the center of the road. Take this all into account as some tunnels may be long with moderate curves along with having oncoming traffic and potential obstructions in the roadway.
BRP Mile Marker | Tunnel Name | Tunnel Length | Maximum Height | Minimum Height |
53.1 |
Bluff Mountain |
630 feet |
19 feet 1 in |
13 feet 7 in |
333.1 | Little Switzerland | 542 feet | 19 feet 8 in | 14 feet 4 in |
336.8 | Wildacres | 330 feet | 19 feet 10 in | 13 feet 1 in |
344.5 | Twin Tunnel (North) | 300 feet | 21 feet | 16 feet |
344.7 | Twin Tunnel (South) | 401 feet | 19 feet 7 in | 14 feet 7 in |
349.0 | Rough Ridge | 150 feet | 21 feet 6 in | 13 feet 9 in |
364.4 | Craggy Pinnacle | 245 feet | 19 feet 9 in | 14 feet 1 in |
365.5 | Craggy Flats | 400 feet | 19 feet 5 in | 14 feet 4 in |
374.4 | Tanbark Ridge | 780 feet | 19 feet 5 in | 14 feet 1 in |
397.1 | Grassy Knob | 770 feet | 19 feet 2 in | 13 feet 7 in |
399.1 | Pine Mountain | 1434 feet | 19 feet 3 in | 14 feet 2 in |
400.9 | Ferrin Knob #1 | 561 feet | 19 feet 6 in | 14 feet 2 in |
401.3 | Ferrin Knob #2 | 421 feet | 19 feet 2 in | 14 feet |
401.5 | Ferrin Knob #3 | 375 feet | 19 feet 5 in | 13 feet 9 in |
403.0 | Young Pisgah Ridge | 412 feet | 19 feet 8 in | 14 feet 6 in |
404.0 | Fork Mountain | 389 feet | 19 feet 2 in | 14 feet |
406.9 | Little Pisgah | 576 feet | 19 feet 5 in | 13 feet 10 in |
407.3 | Buck Springs | 462 feet | 19 feet 2 in | 13 feet 8 in |
410.1 | Frying Pan | 577 feet | 19 feet 9 in | 13 feet 8 in |
422.1 | Devil's Courthouse | 665 feet | 19 feet | 14 feet 2 in |
439.7 | Pinnacle Ridge | 813 feet | 19 feet 1 in | 13 feet 10 in |
458.8 | Lickstone Ridge | 402 feet | 18 feet 1 in | 11 feet 1 in |
459.3 | Bunches Bald | 255 feet | 18 feet 4 in | 10 feet 6 in |
461.2 | Big Witch | 348 feet | 18 feet 1 in | 11 feet 3 in |
465.6 | Rattlesnake Mountain | 395 feet | 19 feet 6 in | 14 feet 5 in |
466.2 | Sherrill Cove | 550 feet | 19 feet 7 in | 14 feet 4 in |