Waterrock Knob

Update from the National Park Service: Parkway reopens near Waynesville from milepost 411.8 to 421 and from milepost 423.2 to 469. BALSAM, N.C. – On Wednesday morning, October 30, 2024, the National Park Service restored access to nearly 55 miles the Blue Ridge Parkway from:

Did you know that elk can run up to 45 miles per hour? That black bear cubs stay with their mother for 18 months learning to hunt and survive? That, at 6,293 feet, Waterrock Knob is the highest peak in the Plott Balsam Mountains?