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Date Taken: 10/17/2016
Location: Craggy Flats Tunnel, Milepost 364.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.

Fall colors along higher elevations are moving slowly towards peak.

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Craggy Gardens is an area of exposed rock surfaces and high peaks that provides breathtaking views of distant southern Appalachian ridges. It has a visitor center, picnic area, and a variety of trails, including the Craggy Pinnacle Trail, offering a panoramic view of the surrounding heath bald and rhododendron display.

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Date Taken: 09/16/2016
Location: Goldenrod in bloom along the shoreline at Sims Pond, Milepost 295.9, in the High Country of North Carolina near Boone and Blowing Rock.

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Sims Pond is the first stop after you enter Julian Price Memorial Park. It is also the trailhead of the Green Knob Trail.

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Location: Mabry Mill, Milepost 176.1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

One of the most intriguing aspects of the Blue Ridge Parkway is how scenes can change dramatically from one season to the next, as these two images of Mabry Mill (MP 176) illustrate quite well.

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Date Taken: 01/24/2016
Location: Looking Glass Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 411

Exiting onto Hwy 276 near milepost 411 leads down through the Pisgah National Forest to Looking Glass Falls. This photograph was taken January 24 after winter storm Jonas dumped 12 inches of snow and temperatures plunged to 5 degrees. Increased water levels and high winds combined to create a fierce spray from the falling water that coated cliffs surrounding the falls in thick layers of ice.

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Location: Price Lake Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 296.7
Lingering color near milepost 297 highlights forty-seven acre Price Lake, which is the Parkway’s largest water feature.

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