Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway (Nature’s Scenic Drives)

I expected an atlas type book with pages of maps showing a lot of detail of the various sections of Parkway. This ain’t it. It’s more like a textbook with very small mapping of large sections of the Parkway that to me is of little use.

Planning trip, great for reference and will take with us as we drive this route

Saves all the tedious thinking and planning on where to stop to take photos and what one could "take a miss on"I wish they had a little on which towns to stay in to get sunrise shots easily but that is a very minor drawback.We usually spend a great deal of time on planning a trip. For example the Smokies. Had an entire trip plannedthen found one of the roads we really wanted to drive is a one way! Would have ruined our trip the way weoriginally planned. The other drawback is you have to use it backwards coming from the south but we foundthe north is actually warmer than the south end as far as spring or fall so I add that as valuable information.

The book is printed on very good paper. It should hold up well for many parkway trips. Content is detailed with information regarding what is located along the way, listed by mile post number and what plants are blooming when. The book is very informative.My only negative issue is numerous pages contain sections that are intended to deliver information on side subjects, such a White-Tailed Deer on page 44. The problem is that the printer used black text on a dark blue/gray background making it unnecessarily difficult to read. The rest of the book is easy to read.I would recommend it to others.

I purchased this book along with Best of the Blue Ridge Parkway before a recent trip down the Parkway. While there aren't many photos in this book, it gives very detailed info about all the various vista sites along the Parkway - helpful to know what one is looking at.Good to have had both guides - Best of the Blue Ridge has many nice photos, but not much info on things other than what the author has deemed "best."Based on both books' reviews, we stayed at the Peaks of Otter Lodge along the Parkway which was very nice.

This book was very helpful on our recent trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway. It helped us to make choices where to stop and will be helpful when I scrapbook my photos. The only complaint I have is the stories at the top of the page were difficult to read because the print was on a dark background.

Used this guide on a recent trip along the length of the Parkway. As it happens, we traveled north to south, which is how the book is arranged. While my husband drove, I read out loud the upcoming mile marker information-- and this guide was very informative. Very glad I'd purchased it. If you're planning on driving the Parkway, I'd highly recommend this book.

I bought this book in anticipation of traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway in my Winnebago View which has a height of 11.1' according to it's manual. While the book was informative, it was completely wrong about the tunnels at the southern end of the Pkwy when it said they were too low for an RV to pass thru. We traveled the Pkwy from Fancy Gap VA to Gatlinburg TN and every tunnel on the Pkwy was 13.5' or higher. I don't know where this author got their information, but it was incorrect. The section of the Pkwy from Asheville to Gatlinburg was the most scenic part of the Pkwy, a bikers paradise. Don't plan on making good time on the Pkwy, my average was only 25 mph; there were many overlooks and the views were fantastic.

I was initially a bit disappointed because this guide is hard to read at home when planning a trip, as it mainly consists of mile-by-mile information about the Parkway. However when we actually did the trip it was great to have as we could very easily glean relevant information about everything we were about to come across. So in that context it is great!

It doesnot work on kindle in that one wants to flick to and fro and check out different options and it is very frustrating. I shall buy a hard copy.

nice book

Arrived promptly and in good condition. It'll be a great asset to our trip next year and for the planning in the next few months.

fine