# Blue Ridge Parkway and associated roads and trails **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725 "2013-11-12T14:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/21 "2013-11-13T02:06:41Z")
The BRP is like driving in a dream. Last year I did 360 miles in one day, and when the late afternoon sun filtered through the dappled leaves it was the closest thing you can get to heaven on 4 wheels. No traffic signals, no trucks, few eediots, just you and the wide-open road in front of you as you glide through the gears. I try to time my sojourns on the thing to weekdays after the kids (and thus vacationers) have gone back to school, and pray for sunny weather. I’ve tried it a couple of times in the rain and fog and that is a dicey proposition at best with all of the blind turns-came across a bunch of roadkilled animals once-when one died others tried to feed on it, but kept getting hit in turn. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/22 "2013-11-13T22:07:52Z")
I’ve been on a portion of the AT in New York. I was a Boy Scout at the time and the Trail went through the center of our town. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/23 "2013-11-19T13:44:06Z")
Bumping this because I was reading [this](http://bittersoutherner.com/the-blue-ridge-parkway-beauty-interest#.UotqSH-dJXE) from the [Bitter Southerner](http://bittersoutherner.com/) today - it’s about biking the length of the BRP. Made me think of this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/24 "2013-11-19T16:11:22Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > Bumping this because I was reading [this](http://bittersoutherner.com/the-blue-ridge-parkway-beauty-interest#.UotqSH-dJXE) from the [Bitter Southerner](http://bittersoutherner.com/) today - it’s about biking the length of the BRP. Made me think of this thread. 🙂 Outstanding story of the bike trip, excellent photography, and lots of new facts to know about the road and the area. Thanks much, **Lsura**! FWIW, _Bitter Southerner_ makes me think of [The West Virginia Surf Report!](http://thewvsr.com/) and the humorous side of things. Fun reading, but not so much about our main topic(s). Just a mini-hijack. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/25 "2013-11-19T20:04:30Z")
I’ve been on Skyline Drive in VA and hiked a part of the Appalachian Trail. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/26 "2013-11-19T21:20:23Z")
I’ve ridden a motorcycle the length of the Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway end-to-end twice. I’ve ridden bits of it many more times. It’s a lovely ride. The side roads are great too. And, like **Dorjan** above, I’ve ridden U.S. 129, the Dragon’s Tail, at Deal’s Gap. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725/27 "2013-11-20T03:32:49Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve been on a portion of the AT in New York. I was a Boy Scout at the time and the Trail went through the center of our town. The AT also goes straight through Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, a town also famous for John Brown’s attempted slave revolt. It’s a day trip distance from the Washington, DC area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ridge-parkway-and-associated-roads-and-trails/673725.md?page=1)