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Date Taken: 08/20/2017
Location: Price Lake, at Milepost 296.7 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the High Country of North Carolina near Boone and Blowing Rock.

Price Lake is a part of Julian Price Memorial Park, a 4,200-acre area of rolling mountain land on the central section of the Parkway. It has a campground and picnic area, as well as several of the Parkway’s best trails.

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Date Taken: 10/17/2017
Location: Linn Cove Viaduct, Milepost 304.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the High Country of North Carolina near Boone, Blowing Rock, and Grandfather Mountain.

Camera: d800e
Lens: 24-70 Nikkor
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30sec
Aperture: 3.5
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: Got up at 4am drove an hour to Linn Cove Viaduct. Parked hiked to edge of bridge. Took the very famous boulder spot (just across the road there is a large rock climb up it). Climbed up the rock and setup at roughly 5:15 am. Sunrise was 7:31 this day. Focused manually using a flashlight. Waited for cars to come by. Used cable release.

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Date Taken: 09/05/2016
Location: Mills River Valley Overlook, Milepost 404.5 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

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Date Taken: 06/03/2017
Location: Price Lake, Milepost 296.7 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the High Country of North Carolina.

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Date Taken: 07/23/2016
Location: On the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 403.

For more information about Stargazing along the Blue Ridge Parkway, visit our Parkway Outdoor Activities Guide.

Camera: Sony SLT-A57
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm 2.8
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 25
Aperture: 2.8
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: In order to get this shot the milky way had to be visible to the naked eye to line up the shot. Luckily this night it was. I used a headlamp to make sure it was focused on the tree and then using a tripod I took a long exposure.

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Date Taken: 12/22/2016
Location: Graveyard Fields Overlook, Milepost 419 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.8-4.5 ED
Focal Length: 10mm
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 25
Aperture: f/3.8
Filters: none
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: The Ursids came at a perfect time this year – clear, not to cold, and a less than half moon in the southern sky. As the Ursids radiant point is the North Star (Ursa Minor) I thought I could point the camera northward and not have too much interference from the moonlight. I chose Graveyard Fields because it offers a great N-NW view and the ridge-lines (Graveyard and Ivestor) offer a good foreground. I got really lucky and caught this fireball just after 4AM shooting towards Black Balsam.

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There are over two hundred overlooks along the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway. Visit our Blue Ridge Parkway guide for a complete list of the Parkway’s overlooks.

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Date Taken: 10/18/2016
Location: The Milky Way shines above Fancy Gap Cabins & Campground, Milepost 202.5 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

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Also view our Outdoor Activities guide for information on stargazing in the Blue Ridge.

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Date Taken: 08/30/2016
Location: Milepost 454, near Hornbuckle Valley Overlook

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