Blue Ridge, eastern range of the Appalachian Mts., extending south from S Pa. to N Ga.; highest mountains in the E United States. Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, is the tallest peak. Beginning with a narrow ridge in the north, c.10 mi (16 km) wide, the range broadens toward the south, reaching a maximum width of 70 mi (113 km) in North Carolina. Receiving much rain, the region is heavily forested; wood is the area's chief resource. The Blue Ridge was a barrier to the pioneers' westward movement. Numerous gaps cross the ridge; the gap at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., was an important railroad traverse. Most of the people of the Blue Ridge live on small farms in sheltered valleys and retain traditional lifestyles and speech. Principal economic activities there include livestock raising, farming, tobacco growing, and lumber production. Commercial apple orchards are found in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The Blue Ridge is a major East Coast recreation area noted for its resorts and scenery. The Appalachian Trail Appalachian Trail, officially Appalachian National Scenic Trail, hiking path, 2,144 mi (3,450 km) long, passing through 14 states, E United States.
..... Click the link for more information. winds atop the range. Skyline Drive, Va., following the crest of the Blue Ridge in Shenandoah National Park, has many roadside lookouts. The

Blue Ridge Parkway (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

National Parks
Name Type¹ Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
..... Click the link for more information. , table), designed especially for motor recreation, links the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mts. national parks.

Blue Ridge

or Blue Ridge Mountains

Section of the Appalachian Mountains, eastern U.S. The range extends southward from Carlisle, Pa., through parts of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina to Mt. Oglethorpe in Georgia. The highest peaks are in the Black Mountains of North Carolina; the average elevation is 2,000–4,000 ft (600–1,200 m). The scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, established in 1936 and administered by the National Park Service, runs 469 mi (755 km) along the crest.

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No references found	I travelled in the care of a mountain boy, Jake Marpole, one of the `hands' on my father's old farm under the Blue Ridge, who was now going West to work for my grandfather. My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context And those sublimer towers, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, whence, in peculiar moods, comes that gigantic ghostliness over the soul at the bare mention of that name, while the thought of Virginia's Blue Ridge is full of a soft, dewy, distant dreaminess? Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context	Blue Knob State Park blue laser blue law blue laws blue lead blue lias lime Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park Blue Lightning blue magnetism blue malachite blue metal blue mold Blue Mound State Park Blue Mounds State Park Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor Blue Mountains blue mud blue nevus Blue Nile blue ocher blue peter Blue Powder blue print blue ribbon Blue Rider Blue Ridge Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge Blue Ridge Parkway Blue Ridge Parkway - North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway - Virginia Blue River State Recreation Area Blue Rock State Park Blue Rose blue rot blue salvia blue screen Blue Screen of Death Blue Screen of Life blue shift Blue Sky Software blue spar Blue Spring State Park Blue Springs State Park blue stain blue star blue straggler star blue tetrazolium blue top blue vitriol blue water gas	blue ribbon blue ribbon Blue Ribbon (anti-tobacco, anti-second hand smoke) Blue Ribbon (anti-tobacco, anti-second hand smoke) Blue Ribbon (anti-tobacco, anti-second hand smoke) Blue Ribbon Citizens' Committee Blue Ribbon Coalition blue ribbon commission Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation blue ribbon committee Blue Ribbon Defense Panel Blue Ribbon Fire Commission Blue Ribbon Fishery Advisory Council Blue Ribbon for the Awareness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Blue Ribbon Home Warranty blue ribbon jury blue ribbon jury blue ribbon jury blue ribbon jury blue ribbon jury Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocates Blue Ribbon Panel Blue Ribbon Panel Report Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc. Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology Blue Ribbon Youth Enrollment blue ribbons blue ribbons Blue rider Blue rider Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Advisory Services Group Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Club Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society, Inc. Blue Ridge Apartment Council Blue Ridge Arabian Horse Association Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center Blue Ridge Area Linux Enthusiasts Blue Ridge Australian Shepherd Club Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co. Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare Blue Ridge Behavioral Services Blue Ridge Bicycle Club Blue Ridge Boogie Blue Ridge Boxster Summit Blue Ridge Broadcasting Blue Ridge Business Development Center Blue Ridge Business Journal Blue Ridge Cable Blue Ridge Camping Hammock Blue Ridge Capital Holdings, LLC Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship Blue RIdge Challenge

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I travelled in the care of a mountain boy, Jake Marpole, one of the `hands' on my father's old farm under the Blue Ridge, who was now going West to work for my grandfather.

My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context

And those sublimer towers, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, whence, in peculiar moods, comes that gigantic ghostliness over the soul at the bare mention of that name, while the thought of Virginia's Blue Ridge is full of a soft, dewy, distant dreaminess?

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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