Deteriorated Linn Cove Visitor Center in 2024, Blue Ridge Parkway
The Linn Cove Visitor Center is closed. When I stopped by in August 2024, a sign stated that it was closed due to a bad plumbing system. However, the building is in rough shape and even has a hole in the roof, so it has been rotting away for a while. From what I can find, it has been closed since at least 2021. I wouldn’t be surprised if it never opens again. If the National Park Service had plans to reopen it, I doubt it would have let the building get the way it is today.
When I was in the Linn Cove Visitor Center many years ago, one of the Rangers told me how to get the photo of the Linn Cove Viaduct that you see on Blue Ridge Parkway postcards and other souvenirs. This is not common knowledge. You won’t find mention of it in any Parkway literature, and the Rangers aren’t promoting it. I just happened to ask where’s the best place to get a photo, and with my fancy camera and hiking boots, I must have looked like somebody with whom to share the secret. To learn how to get the “Souvenir Store Photo” of the Viaduct, read the Linn Cove Viaduct Overlook Trail (aka Tanawha Trail) report. While the building is closed, the parking lot is still open for those wanting to hike the trails.
There are portable toilets in the parking lot.
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Last updated on October 12, 2024
