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PLEASE EXCUSE TALL GRASS
Due to a Maintenance employee fatality on May 7, 2012, all mowing and vegetation removal operations have been suspended until a complete safety review can be completed. This is a temporary situation, and we anticipate regular operations will resume soon.
Peaks of Otter Campground Offers Reservable Sites
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(Bedford, VA) Peaks of Otter Campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 86 now offers campers the option of reserving campsites. The campground has been added to ReserveAmerica, www.recreation.gov , a company that provides online campsite reservation processing for private, state and federal campgrounds in the United States. About 40 percent of the campground’s sites are available for reservations. The remaining sites are first-come, first-serve. In addition to the Peaks of Otter, the following campgrounds take reservations: Mount Pisgah in Waynesville, North Carolina, Linville Falls near Spruce Pine, North Carolina and Julian Price in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The Parkway also plans to add Rocky Knob campground in Floyd, Virginia and Doughton Park campground in Laurels Springs, North Carolina in the future. If you wish to comment on the addition of these campgrounds, please contact the Park by email at e-mail us or by writing to: Teresa Lovelace Blue Ridge Parkway 199 Hemphill Knob Road Asheville, NC 28803 The Blue Ridge Parkway is the most visited unit in the entire National Park System. Within a reasonable day’s drive of some 20 states that contain more than half of the nation’s population, it is a favored vacation destination. It attracts many international visitors who, like others, take advantage of the many opportunities for camping, hiking, picnicking and fishing. To contact Reserve America, call 1-877-444-6777 or online at www.recreation.gov . |
Did You Know?
The Blue Ridge Parkway celebrated its 75th anniversary throughout 2010 with events in dozens of adjacent communities.