Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
The 25 western most counties and Qualla Boundary in North Carolina comprise the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. In designating this region as a National Heritage Area in 2003, Congress recognized that the cultural and natural resources of the Blue Ridge Mountains have played a significant role in the history of the United States and the State of North Carolina. Some of the defining landscapes include the deepest gorge in the Eastern U.S., Linville Gorge; the oldest river in North America, the New River; the most visited National Park lands in the country, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway; the highest mountain east of the Rockies, Mt. Mitchell; the ancestral home of the Cherokee, and America's largest home, Biltmore.
Directions:The offices of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area are located in the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, at Parkway Milepost 384, southeast of Asheville, NC. Visit the Blue Ridge: The Blue Ridge of North Carolina is a unique natural and cultural landscape, protected, preserved, interpreted and developed by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. | Attraction Amenities:
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