Smoky Mountains Blue Ridge Parkway

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blue Ridge Mountains along the blue ridge parkway in North Carolina. The blue ridge mountains make sense after you see the hazy blue colors along the ridges which actually come from something the trees release, isoprene, which is responsible for the blue color in the distance views. In the Great Smoky Mountains you may be seeing 100 miles even across state from some of the overlooks. The smoky mountains and Blue Ridge parkway cross North Caroline, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Appalachians mountain are part of the great smoky mountains. Nantahala National Forest National Scenic Byway and the Blue Ridge parkway has some of the most beautify fall scenery and waterfalls in the area. Some of the areas communities are Asheville, Brevard, Wainsville, Cherokee, Frankland North Carolina.

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