Blue Ridge Parkway start to end
Has anyone ever traveled the entire BRP? Is it possible to travel it with a 33ft 5th wheel? Or may a 25' TT? (My parents have the TT). Just one of the things on my bucket list.
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- The entire BRP? Nope. Large portions of it. Yep. I did it with a 26ft TT. It's beautiful, but slow and tedious. Do it. There's no reason not to.
- How tall is your 5th wheel? The 33 ft. length will not be the issue.
Some of the tunnels and underpasses are low (less that 11 feet) at the edges of the roadway.
Tom - Blue Ridge Parkway tunnel clearances
Some you would have to drive the center of the roadway. Some you would have to take a bypass. - I drove the complete BRP and the Skyline Drive in my 39' motorhome. No problems and a great, scenic drive. I highly recommend it. Don't let anyone mislead you on the tunnels.
-Tom
- You have to stay in the middle in some tunnels, but the tunnels are short and most (repeat after me ... most) drivers understand when they see your lights out in the center.
My fiver is 12'-8" when hooked up. Tom N wrote:
I drove the complete BRP and the Skyline Drive in my 39' motorhome. No problems and a great, scenic drive. I highly recommend it. Don't let anyone mislead you on the tunnels.
-Tom
Where was the mislead about the tunnels?
As I stated, his length is not a problem, the issue is height. That is why I asked how tall his rig is. You give the length of yours but fail to state the height. It's 11'5", unless you have modified it.
11'5" can make it through all of the tunnels, although there are a couple that you would have to stay off of the right side line. The charts that list minimum height for the tunnels measure it at the edge stripe. The minimum height for the Bunchess Bald tunnel is listed as 10'6". I think anything under 13' can make it through all of the tunnels, but will have to drive in the center of some. Above 13', some of the tunnels could be scary.
Tom- According to the Jayco Boucher it is 141"-145". I would measure the height prior to my planning.
- How many days would you spend? I would like to check out a lot of the local area.
- I would not take our 5th south of US-19, last 15 miles or so. That last section is where the 3 low tunnels are. But the rest of it would be ok.
- If anyone has to drive over the double yellow line at any time, for any reason they should NOT be on that road! To do so is stupid, dangerous and illegal. Much of the BRP is not engineered for large RV's.... 40' of RV cannot be kept in its lane on much of The BRP.
(Edited for clarity/civility.)
