Stunning photographs celebrate the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, iconic Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore Estate, and Shenandoah Valley
and National Park.
Extending from Virginia to northern Georgia, the Blue Ridge Mountains
include Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the 469-mile-long Blue
Ridge Parkway, and Shenandoah National Park, which includes the
105-mile-long Skyline Drive. Within this region are the world renowned
Biltmore Estate, Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge, and Grandfather
Mountain. The Blue Ridge range contains the highest mountains on the
East Coast, with 125 peaks above 5,000 feet in elevation.
The scenic roadways, spectacular overlooks, and numerous rocky crags
offer magnificent views of layer after layer of mountains rolling off
into the distance. Hiking trails lead to wild mountain summits, valley
streams, and waterfalls. Each season offers a fresh perspective, from
fall colors and winter snow and ice to spring and summer flowers and
storms. In addition, numerous homes, barns, schools, churches, and mills
have been protected and preserved throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains,
offering a picturesque look at Appalachian life in past centuries. To
appreciate the wonders of this region through the lens of a well-known
master photographer is like exploring it for the first time.
