Autumn At The End Of The Tunnel Blue Ridge Parkway Great Smoky Mountains Art
by Reid Callaway
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Autumn At The End Of The Tunnel Blue Ridge Parkway Great Smoky Mountains Art
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Reid Callaway
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Photograph - Photography
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Autumn At The End Of The Tunnel.....by Reid Callaway
Blue Ridge Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains Art
The sister image (Tunnel Vision) to this image landed a front page cover on the "Blue Ridge Parkway Guide for 2019". See it in my Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountain Collection. Get the 2019 Guide at all AAA Offices and along the Parkway in NC and VA.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, mostly along the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and offers access to the Skyline Drive. While the two roads join together end-to-end, they are separate and distinct entities, built as two different projects and managed by two different National Park Service units. The Blue Ridge Parkway was built to connect Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The parkway, while not a National Park, has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except two (1949, 2013). Land on either side of the road is owned and maintained by the National Park Service and, in many places, parkway land is bordered by United States Forest Service property. The parkway is on North Carolina's version of the America the Beautiful quarter in 2015.
The Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels were constructed through the rock; one in Virginia and twenty-five in North Carolina. Sections of the parkway near the tunnels are often closed in winter. (Due to dripping groundwater from above, freezing temperatures, and the lack of sunlight, ice often accumulates inside these areas even when the surrounding areas are above freezing.) The highest point on the parkway (south of Waynesville, near Mount Pisgah in North Carolina) is 6053 feet or 1845 m above sea level (AMSL) on Richland Balsam Mountain at Milepost 431, and is often closed from November to April due to inclement weather such as snow, fog, and even freezing fog from low clouds. The parkway is carried across streams, railway ravines and cross roads by 168 bridges and six viaducts.
The parkway runs from the southern terminus of Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive in Virginia at Rockfish Gap to U.S. Route 441 at Oconaluftee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cherokee, North Carolina. There is no fee for using the parkway; however, commercial vehicles are prohibited without approval from the Park Service Headquarters, near Asheville, North Carolina. The roadway is not maintained in the winter, and sections which pass over especially high elevations and through tunnels are often impassable and therefore closed from late fall through early spring. Weather is extremely variable in the mountains, so conditions and closures often change rapidly. The speed limit is never higher than 45 mph (72 km/h) and lower in some sections.
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Dora Sofia Caputo for featuring my artwork in our group.... Glimpses Of Autumn! 3/7/2022
Reid Callaway
Thank you Jan Mulherin featuring my artwork in our groupâŚ. Art Forever With You! 3/5/2022
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the âArt Forever with Youâ Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the groupâs discussion post titled â2020 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-youâsâ for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (September 9, 2020)
Reid Callaway
Thank you Carole Sluski for featuring my artwork in our group...World Landscape Lovers Of Art! 6/24/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Jenny Revitz Soper for featuring my artwork in our Group.... No Place Like Home! 6/15/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Frozen in Time for featuring my artwork in our group.... The Niche! 6/9/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Doug Norkum for featuring my artwork in our group...H D R Photography! 6/7/2020
Reid Callaway
Thanks so much Karen Wiles for featuring my artwork in our group... âArt By God!â 6/7/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Frozen in Time for featuring my artwork in our group..... Your Very Best Photograph!
Reid Callaway
Thank you Spencer McDonald for featuring my artwork in our group.... HDR Photography! 6/7/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Doug Norkum for featuring my artwork in our group.... Canon Full Frame Cameras! 6/3/2020
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Thank you John M Bailey for featuring my artwork in our group...Images That Excite You! 6/3/2020