Elk Mountain Overlook - Blue Ridge Parkway is a photograph by Susan Rissi Tregoning which was uploaded on July 9th, 2020.
Elk Mountain Overlook - Blue Ridge Parkway
One of the most popular Blue Ridge Parkway overlooks, Elk Mountain Overlook at an elevation of 3795, provides a dramatic sweeping view of the Yadkin... more
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Elk Mountain Overlook - Blue Ridge Parkway
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Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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One of the most popular Blue Ridge Parkway overlooks, Elk Mountain Overlook at an elevation of 3795, provides a dramatic sweeping view of the Yadkin Valley. The valley takes its name from an Indian village that was near the river here.
The Blue Ridge Parkway has the designation as an All-American Road, the highest classification in the National Scenic Byway system. It is 469 miles long. The Parkway begins at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, winds its way through North Carolina terminating at the Cherokee entrance of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along the way, it provides spectacular mountain and valley vistas, quiet pastoral scenes, sparkling waterfalls, and colorful flower and foliage displays.
Elk Mountain Overlook is at milepost 274.3 on the North Carolina section of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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July 9th, 2020
