Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Top 15 Million For 2015

The number of Blue Ridge Parkway visitors for 2015 impressive. The number of visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway for 2015 reached over 15 million. This has not happened in over three years. The National Park Service reports not quite 15.1 million visitors for the year in 2015. This is the most visitors since the year 2012. This is likely due to the better than average fall foliage prediction for last autumn and an unseasonable warm December. The park service report a very busy month this past December on the parkway with close to 870,000 visitors in that month alone.

The North Carolina section of the parkway had over 10 million visitors last year with the Virginia section of the parkway having about 5 million visitors. In Virginia the busiest areas along the parkway were reported to be The Plateau District. The Plateau District includes the Roanoke region and areas southward toward the North Carolina state line. It was a very good year for the Blue Ridge Parkway. The 460 miles highway is a beautiful drive along some of the most scenic landscapes on the East Coast. With an especially colorful fall foliage during October and a
unusually warm December visitors from all over traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway to enjoy the leisurely and beautiful ride the parkway offers.

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