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Blue Ridge Parkway – stage 1/6: Cherokee – Mount Mitchell

Loop from Cherokee · United States · North Carolina
Distance 182113kmmi
Elevation 6,01519,730mft
Duration 4h 19m
Route type Point to point
Curviness Medium

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0 km0 miCherokeeStart
182 km113 miNorth Carolina, United StatesFinish

About this route

The southern end of the Parkway, from Cherokee at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains past Asheville to the Mount Mitchell turn-off (NC-128). The highest and twistiest part: the road tops out near Richland Balsam at about 1,845 m, runs through a string of rock tunnels and passes Craggy Gardens. Speed limit 45 mph at most, no trucks, and no fuel on the Parkway itself: plan your stops in the towns just off it. Sections close in winter and in bad weather. When we imported this route, our map data showed the Parkway closed from the Mount Mitchell turn-off to Linville Falls, so stage 2 starts at Linville Falls. Check the NPS road status before you ride.

Check road conditions, closures and opening dates before you ride.

Route line: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), America's Byways® layer, byway 129_NC/129_VA, layer version of 4 August 2026, public domain: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8bda53a21f8b4c7ca2fc76523ba2110a. Modified by Motarva: snapped to roads, split into stages, a gap filled by routing. This is not an official route file from the FHWA.

Source Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), America's Byways America's Byways® layer FHWA_ScenicByways_08042026 (), byway 129_NC/129_VA. Changes: snapped to roads, split into stages, a gap filled by routing.

Licence: Public domain (US federal government work) Modified by Motarva. Not an official publication of the source.

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Motarva Lv.1 · Rider · Posted 1 week ago

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Measured from the route itself, with roundabouts and slip roads left out. Corners are counted, not judged.

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