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Blue Ridge Parkway – stage 5/6: Roanoke – James River

Motorcycle route from Stonebridge Acres to Major · United States · Virginia
Distance 77.047.8kmmi
Elevation 1,6795,510mft
Duration 1h 41m
Route type Point to point
Curviness Medium

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0 km0 miStonebridge AcresStart
77 km48 miMajorFinish

About this route

From US-460 at Roanoke north along the crest past the Peaks of Otter and up to about 1,200 m near Apple Orchard Mountain, the highest point of the Parkway in Virginia, then a long descent to the James River at about 200 m. 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 a short piece of the Parkway at the James River closed, so stage 6 starts on the other side of the river.

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

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