blue ridge parkway

zwicky wrote:
planning on spending a few day near Ashville, NC. Can one drive their 36ft motorhome plus tow on the blue ridge pkwy or is that a raod to explore in your car? Any suggestions on things to do in the area? thinking of course the Biltmore, Chimney Rock state park, i read about some swimming holes and a slide rock (anyone know more about those) thanks for any suggestions out there.

jennifer

It can be done. You have to be the one to figure out if you want to do it. Many on here don't like to drive in the mountains with their motorhomes, TT's or 5'ers. We see them on the parkway everytime we are on it. I wouldn't hesitate to drive ours on it. As far as the road goes, it's not a bad road to drive on. There are worse side mountain roads you could be one where you will have to stop and either pull over some (if you can) to let an RV pass or barely squeeze by. But all the parts of the parkway we have been on, have not been that way.

As far as tunnels, there are 26 of them (25 in NC and 1 in VA). All but 4 of them have minimum heights of at least 13'6" and more. That's minimum (on the sides). Maximum height (in the middle is more than adequate on all the tunnels (18' and taller). The 4 tunnels which are shorter on the sides are not long tunnels (around 400' or less). You can also elect to bypass those tunnels. 3 of them are within a 3 mile spanse. Check out the tunnel website for specifics.