Blue Ridge Parkway | BAD FORK VALLEY OVERLOOK (MP 399.7)

Bad Fork Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Bad Fork Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

View: ♦ ♦ / 5
Trails: None
Picnic Tables: None

When I first visited the Bad Fork Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2014, it was almost completely overgrown with bushes and weeds. A year later when I visited, everything had been cleared and the view restored. Unfortunately, in 2020 it looks like things are regressing once again, for vegetation is blocking the lower half of the vista, leaving nothing but the tops of the mountains to see. Furthermore, the mountains run parallel to the overlook, which lends little sense of depth to the vista. Without the fall colors, what you can see is just not that interesting.

Panoramic view from the Bad Fork Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Panoramic view from the Bad Fork Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway (click to enlarge)


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Last updated on November 4, 2023
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