Northern Virginia anchor near Rockfish Gap.
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY MAP & MILEPOSTS
Use mileposts to understand the Parkway before you build the drive.
The Blue Ridge Parkway runs 469 miles from Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro, Virginia, to Cherokee, North Carolina. NPS directions are milepost-based because GPS addresses do not describe the road especially well. This page gives you the practical anchors; the live planner handles the day-specific route.
MP 0 · Rockfish GapMP 121 · Roanoke areaMP 291 · Boone areaMP 384 · Asheville areaMP 469 · Cherokee
THE BIG PICTURE
Five anchors divide the 469-mile road into understandable pieces
MP 0 · ROCKFISH GAPWaynesboro / Afton
The northern terminus begins near Shenandoah National Park. Humpback Rocks is the early landmark before the road settles into Virginia ridge country.
AROUND MP 121RoanokeRoanoke divides a compact northern drive toward Peaks of Otter from a longer southern run toward Rocky Knob and Mabry Mill.
AROUND MP 291Boone / Blowing RockThe High Country places Moses Cone, Rough Ridge, Linn Cove Viaduct and Linville Falls within a relatively tight corridor.
AROUND MP 384AshevilleAsheville is a true fork: north climbs toward Craggy Gardens and Mount Mitchell access; south runs toward Mount Pisgah, Graveyard Fields and the Balsams.
MP 469CherokeeThe southern terminus sits beside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Waterrock Knob and Richland Balsam are the major high-country targets north of town.
BEFORE YOU CONNECT THE DOTSCheck the road tableA map can show a continuous line while construction or weather breaks the drivable route. Current NPS status is the hard gate.
MILEPOST QUICK GUIDE
Where the major Parkway stops sit
Major Virginia scenic area north of Roanoke.
Parkway cultural-history landmark south of Roanoke.
Historic landscape and walking stop in the Boone / Blowing Rock corridor.
Short High Country hike with a large scenic payoff in clear conditions.
Engineering landmark wrapping Grandfather Mountain.
Waterfall corridor south of the Boone cluster.
High-elevation target north of Asheville.
Useful Asheville-area orientation stop near a major Parkway entrance.
Southern Asheville anchor in high-elevation Parkway country.
Landscape and waterfall stop farther south from Asheville.
High-elevation southern Parkway landmark.
Major scenic target north of Cherokee.
Southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
HOW TO USE THE MAP
A milepost is not a time estimate
NPS notes that about 30 Parkway miles can take roughly an hour before stops. Curves, overlooks and slower traffic can stretch that further.
If you turn around at MP 420 after starting near MP 384, you still need to drive those Parkway miles back unless you exit and use another road.
Use the closure page before assuming two mileposts connect today.
Use route weather for high-elevation corridors rather than relying only on a gateway-city forecast.
Use the best stops guide to understand which landmarks form a coherent cluster.
Once you know your corridor, build the drive around today’s road, weather and time.
PARKWAY PLANNING NETWORK
From map to decision
Know the mileposts. Then let today decide the route.
The live planner uses your starting area, time budget, interests, current road status and mountain weather to build the actual drive.