Virginia's Scenic Byways: Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge

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This documentary guides viewers through Virginia's three major scenic byways, detailing how Skyline Drive was built during the Great Depression to preserve the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway's role as a living museum of Appalachian culture, and the Colonial Parkway's connection between America's first permanent English settlement and Revolutionary War sites.

Duration
41 min 56 s
Start
Skyline Drive
End
Waynesboro
Stops
12
Channel author
VoyagersTV

Timestamps and places

  1. — Front Royal (Intro)
  2. — Skyline Drive
  3. — Blue Ridge Parkway
  4. — Colonial Parkway
  5. — Shenandoah National Park (Route 11 (Great Valley Road))
  6. — Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
  7. — Back of the Dragon (Route 16)
  8. — Hallowed Ground Scenic Byway
  9. — George Washington Memorial Parkway
  10. — Rockfish Gap (Fort Valley Road | Route 39)
  11. — Waynesboro (The Crooked Road)
  12. — Snickersville Turnpike

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