The Daily Photo

Clouds Rising at Cowee Mountains Overlook, Milepost 430.7

Photo taken on June 4, 2016 by Tim Williams Nature Photography. Cowee Mountains Overlook is one of over 200 overlooks along the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway.

Summer at Bass Lake

Photo taken on May 15, 2016 in Moses Cone Memorial Park, a 3,516-acre estate turned state park near Blowing Rock. Bass Lake can be viewed from the Parkway.

Fox Hunter’s Paradise, Milepost 218.6

Fox Hunter's Paradise is an overlook at Milepost 218.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. It has picnic tables and a short trail to a scenic view.

Stars over Yonahlossee Overlook, Milepost 303.9

Photo taken on July 1, 2016 at Milepost 303.9 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Linn Cove Viaduct and Grandfather Mountain.

Art Loeb Trail near Tennent Mountain

Photo taken on July 16, 2016 on the Art Loeb Trail, a 30-mile trail in the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville, North Carolina.

Nightfall over Price Lake, Milepost 296.7

Photo taken in Julian Price Memorial Park at Milepost 296.7 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the High Country of North Carolina near Boone and Blowing Rock.

Cowee Mountains Overlook, Milepost 430.7

Photo taken on July 15, 2016 by Griffey's Sunshine Photography. Cowee Mountains Overlook is one of over two hundred overlooks along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Milky Way over Peaks of Otter

Photo taken at Peaks of Otter Lodge on the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. Captured with a Canon 6d camera and Rokinon 14mm lens.

"Flame Azalea at Graveyard Fields" by Mandi Quinzi

Flame Azalea at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418

Graveyard Fields is a popular area on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina. It has several trails and waterfalls.

"Fog on Craggy Pinnacle" by Johnny Davidson

Fog on Craggy Pinnacle, Milepost 364.4

Taken on June 26, 2016 with a Canon 5D Mk II. Craggy Pinnacle is at Milepost 364.4 in the Craggy Gardens area of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville.

"Morning Rays at Pounding Mill Overlook" by Tim Williams

Morning Rays at Pounding Mill Overlook, Milepost 413.2

Photo taken at Milepost 413.2 on the southern end of the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Taken on May 20, 2016.

"Lake Junaluska Overlook" by Seth Meyer Photography

Lake Junaluska Overlook in the Great Smoky Mountains

Captured in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on June 24, 2016 with a Canon 5D MarkIII camera. Six photos were merged in Photoshop.