How to Get to the Blue Ridge Parkway from Greenville

Parkway in the distance as seen from Mountains to Sea Trail - Oct, 2008

I keep getting hits from people Googling something to the effect of "how to get to the Blue Ridge Parkway from Greenville" so I thought I'd put a post up about the various ways to get there. 


The quickest and easiest is to take Hwy 25 to I26N to exit 37 and then follow the signs. It takes about an hour. 



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If you're going north on the parkway you may want to keep going past that exit to I40E and take exit 44.  That way you'll bypass the section that runs through Asheville which isn't that interesting (plus it's the only section I've ever seen anyone get pulled over for speeding on the Parkway - and yes I was the one pulled over).



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Another option is to go through Brevard via 276. That's a nicer drive but takes about an hour and a half. It puts you near the Pisgah Inn. An even nicer drive to get to this entrance would be to head up HWY 25 through Flat Rock. 



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A fourth option if you want to get to a section further south is take 276 to Hwy 11 to Hwy 176 to Hwy 215. This puts you near the Middle Prong Wilderness and Shining Rock Wilderness, not far from the Devil's Court House.



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