The Daily Photo

Early Morning at East Fork Overlook, Milepost 418.3

Photo taken on May 2, 2016 at East Fork Overlook on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina near Asheville.

"Parkway View from Waterrock Knob, Milepost 451" by Solitary Traveler Photography

Parkway View from Waterrock Knob, Milepost 451.2

Photo taken on May 3, 2016 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway that runs through 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

First Spring Color at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418

Photo taken on May 9, 2017 at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

Cascades on the Boone Fork Trail, Milepost 296

Boone Fork Creek races by after a big cascade. Along the Boone Fork Trail, Milepost 296 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, North Carolina.

Foggy Morning at Doughton Park, Milepost 241

Doughton Park, Milepost 241 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Took this on a foggy morning in Doughton Park on September 28, 2013.

Parkway View of the Asheville Watershed

Blue Ridge Parkway facing the Asheville Watershed. This photo was taken as the last Rhododendron blooms were ending in July.

Parkway from Beacon Heights Parking Area, Milepost 305.2

Standing at the Beacon Heights Overlook parking lot, Milepost 305.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

Sunset near Shining Rock, Milepost 420

View looking at sunset hiking back from Shining Rock. Photo taken February 25, 2017 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

Crabtree Falls, Milepost 339.5

Crabtree Falls is a dramatic 70-ft waterfall that can be accessed via a 2.5-mile loop trail to a wooden bridge that crosses the river just below the falls.

John Rock Overlook, Milepost 419.4

The view at this overlook is down the trail a few hundred yards. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

Parkway at the US 74 Intersection, Asheville, NC

Photographed on October 21, 2016 where US 74 meets the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina, near the peak of the fall color change.

Milky Way near Milepost 403

Photographed on July 23, 2016 with a Sony SLY-A57 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Parkway is a popular place for stargazing.