Blue Ridge Parkway, Road to Discovery

The Blue Ridge Parkway connects Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks on a 469-mile ride through some of the most beautiful scenery in the Appalachian Mountains. With an excess of 20 million annual visitors, the parkway entertains more travelers than any other unit in the U.S. national park system.

Nationally–renowned photographer J. Scott Graham and award-winning columnist Elizabeth C. Hunter have spent much of their careers interpreting the many vast treasures found along this linear park. They have previously collaborated to produce two books - Blue Ridge Parkway, America’s Favorite Journey and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway. However, after 40 years of combined experience exploring this roadway, they continue to find colorful, new stories and images at the most unusual times and in the most unexpected places. To them, the parkway is a never-ending avenue of surprises, and has become a road to discovery - the greatest of all human adventures.