Natural History Wanderings

Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors Tracker  has the following quick summary for 10/21/15

Quick Summary – October 21, 2015

Past Peak (but offering long-range views of valleys below)

• Grandfather Mountain
• Craggy Gardens area
• Graveyard Fields
• Higher peaks of the Southern Region south of Mt Pisgah.
• Most elevations above 4,500′.

At Peak ( 75% & up )

• Boone / Blowing Rock area including Price Lake and Moses Cone Manor.
• Linn Cove Viaduct south to Crabtree Falls
• North of Asheville to Craggy Gardens
• South of Asheville to Mt Pisgah
• Most elevations in the range from 3,000′ to 4,500′.

Near Peak, but very colorful ( 50% to 75% ) <= THIS weekend’s (10/24-10/25) best outlook

• Most of the Parkway in Virginia
• North of Boone / Blowing Rock area traveling into Virginia.
• Asheville and the French Broad River Valley
• Valleys of the Southern region south of Mt Pisgah.
• Most elevations in the range from 2,000′ to 3,000′.

Patchy, but not green (  10% – 50% )

• Roanoke & James River Areas
• Long range views off the eastern and western escarpment.
• Most elevations below 2,000′.

See a more detailed report at Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors Tracker