The Daily Photo

Golden Trail at the Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center, Milepost 304.4

Photographed on October 11, 2015. Trail at the Linn Cove Viaduct, Milepost 304.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the High Country of North Carolina.

Mountain Ash in Craggy Gardens, Milepost 364.6

Photographed on 10-13-16 at Milepost 364.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina. Craggy Gardens has a variety of popular trails.

Sunrays at Cold Mountain, North Carolina

Photo taken on October 15, 2016. Cold Mountain is in the Great Balsam Mountain chain of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina.

Fairfield Lake, North Carolina

Photographed on October 28, 2015. The fall color change is always dramatic in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 419, near Graveyard Fields

Photographed with a Nikon D2X on October 6, 2013 near Asheville, North Carolina. High elevations near Graveyard Fields reach peak fall color early.

Graveyard Fields and Falls, Milepost 418

Photographed on October 8th, 2013. Graveyard Fields and Falls is at Milepost 418 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

Autumn Morning at Bass Lake, Milepost 294

Bass Lake is on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, in the High Country of North Carolina, in the 3,500-acre Moses H. Cone Memorial Park.

Autumn Fog at Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel, Milepost 364.4

Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel is just north of the Craggy Gardens Visitor Center at Milepost 364.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

Early Fall Color at Milepost 373 near Asheville, NC

Photo taken on October 4, 2016. The first fall color is beginning to show in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina.

Looking Glass Rock, Milepost 417

Looking Glass Rock gets its name from the shimmering effects of sunlight on its surface when wet. It can be viewed from Milepost 417 on the Parkway in NC.

Fall Color near Mt. Mitchell

Photo taken on October 6, 2013 along Highway 128 to Mt. Mitchell. Mt. Mitchell, near Asheville, NC, is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River.

Mountain Ash at Flat Rock, Milepost 308.2

The Flat Rock Trail is a leisurely 0.6-mile trail to an overlook that offers a spectacular view of Grandfather Mountain and Linville Valley.