Blue Ridge Pkwy

Second Chance wrote:

SpeakEasy wrote:
How tall is your rig? I just completed a 3-week trip to the NC/VA mountains, and spent some of the time up on the Parkway. At one of the visitor's centers I was asking about low clearances. The very helpful lady showed me a list of all the tunnels on the entire parkway. It listed their mile-post locations and the height of clearance (as well as a little more info that I didn't care about.) My rig requires 10' 6", and I found that one of the tunnels has only a 10' 6" clearance. I'd be a little hesitant about going through that tunnel. It's located at milepost 459.3, which is well south of where I was going to be.

I took pictures of the four pages of the book she showed me, and I've posted them here as a public service. It shows 26 tunnels, three of which are below 13' clearance.

-Speak

X2. At 11' tall, there are several places on the parkway you won't be able to negotiate. We camp hosted in a National Forest campground right off the parkway in NC. I wouldn't dream of taking our 13'4" tall fifth wheel on the parkway and used the Toyota to travel and sight-see on the parkway. Many people book campgrounds (and I would recommend reservations that time of year) near easy access to the parkway and do their sightseeing in their tow vehicles. There are many places this is possible/convenient.

Rob

All of this is very misleading. The tunnels are arched, and those low clearances are at the edge of the tunnel entrance. The tunnels all have a wide shoulder, so unless you are sideswiping the edge, any RV of legal height can safely pass any tunnel on the parkway. A few tunnels may make you want to drive down the middle, and that is certainly possible, but it is not necessary.