Adopt an Overlook

The Blue Ridge Parkway has entrusted FRIENDS with the care of 271 overlooks and parking areas that need our help! Individuals, families, clubs, businesses, and groups of friends are encouraged to adopt one or more of these overlooks. Look below for information about the adoption process and for the list of overlooks that have been adopted or are available for adoption.  

 Adopt-an-Overlook (AaO) Process

1. Visit the overlook to determine if it is a good match for yourself, your family, group or organization.

2. Download and review the AaO Guidelines and assess whether you have sufficient commitment and manpower to adopt the overlook for 3 to 5 years.

3. Download and complete the AaO Application form or request an application by calling 800/228-7275.

4. Download and submit one NPS Volunteer Services Agreement (VSA) form for each individual involved in maintaining the overlook.

5. Await approval from the BRP and FRIENDS. 

6. Once approved, download and submit an OMA (Overlook Maintenance Activity) report form as soon as possible after each visit.

Official Parkway Overlooks

Adopted and Available for Adoption

Ridge District Mileposts (MP) 0 - 106

MP	Name of Overlook	Status
0.2	Afton Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Joe Price
1.5	Rockfish Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Sandra Gallagher
2.9	Shenandoah Valley Parking Overlook	Available
5.8	Humpback Gap Parking Area	Available
8.8	Greenstone Parking Overlook	Available
9.6	Dripping Rock Parking Widening	Available
10.4	Rock Point Parking Overlook	Available
10.7	Raven's Roost Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Raven's Roosters
11.7	Hickory Spring Parking Widening	Available
13.1	Three Ridges Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Blue Ridge Group of the Sierra Club
17.6	The Priest Parking Overlook	Available
18.5	White Rock Trail Parking Area	Available
19.0	20 Minute Cliff Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Harbor Counseling Services LLC
19.9	The Slacks Parking Overlook	Available
22.1	Bald Mountain Parking Widening	Available
23.0	Fork Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
26.4	Big Spy Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Keep Nelson Beautiful
31.4	Stillhouse Hollow Parking Widening	Available
34.4	Yankee Horse Ridge Parking Area	Available
38.8	Boston Knob Parking Area	Available
42.2	Irish Creek Valley Parking Widening	Available
44.4	Whites Gap Parking Overlook	Available
44.9	Chimney Rock Parking Widening	Available
45.7	Buena Vista Parking Overlook	Available
47.5	Indian Gap Parking Area	ADOPTED Donna and Guillermo Sanchez
49.3	House Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
51.4	Punch Bowl Mountain Overlook	ADOPTED Donna and Guillermo Sanchez
52.8	Bluff Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
53.6	Rick Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
55.1	White Oaks Flats Parking Overlook	Available
55.9	Dancing Creek Parking Overlook	Available
57.6	Upper Otter Creek Parking Overlook	Available
58.2	Otter Creek Flats Parking Overlook	Available
59.7	Otter Creek Parking Overlook	Available
60.4	The Riffles Parking Overlook	Available
61.4	Terrapin Hill Parking Overlook	Available
62.5	Lower Otter Creek Parking Overlook	Available
63.1	Otter Lake Parking Overlook	Available
63.6	James River Parking Overlook	Available
69.1	James River Valley Parking Overlook	Available
72.6	Terrapin Mountain Parking Widening	Available
74.7	Thunder Ridge Parking Area	Available
75.2	Arnold Valley Parking Widening (north)	Available
75.3	Arnold Valley Parking Widening (south)	Available
76.5	Apple Orchard Parking Widening	Available
78.4	Sunset Field Overlook	Available
79.7	Onion Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
79.9	Black Rock Hill Parking Widening	Available
81.9	Headformost Parking Widening	Available
83.1	Falling Cascades Parking Area	Available
83.5	Flat Top Mountain Trail Parking Area	Available
89.4	Upper Goose Creek Parking Overlook	Available
90.0	Porter's Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
91.8	Mills Gap Parking Widening	Available
92.1	Purgatory Mountain Parking Widening	Available
92.5	Sharp Top Parking Widening	Available
93.1	Bobblett's Gap Parking Overlook	Available
95.2	Pine Tree Parking Overlook	Available
95.3	Harvey's Knob Parking Overlook	Available
95.9	Montvale Parking Overlook	Available
96.2	Iron Mine Hollow Parking Widening (north)	Available
96.4	Iron Mine Hollow Parking Widening (south)	Available
97.0	Taylor Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Friends of Taylor Corso
99.6	The Great Valley Parking Overlook	Available
100.9	The Quarry Parking Overlook	Available

 

  Highlands District Mileposts (MP) 217 - 305

MP	Name of Overlook	Status
218.6	Fox Hunter's Paradise Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Moose Family
230.1	Little Glade Mill Pond Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Denny Family
232.5	Stone Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Gene Kennedy  Family
233.7	Bullhead Mountain Overlook	ADOPTED Jim & Alice Keighton
235.0	Mahogony Rock Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Jim & Alice Keighton
235.7	Devils Garden Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Jane Wallace
236.9	Air Bellows Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Gene Anderson & Betty McGurk
238.5	Brinegar Cabin Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Gene Anderson & Betty McGurk
240.6	No Name Parking Area	Available
241.1	Wildcat Rocks Overlook	Available
242.4	Alligator Back Parking Overlook	Available
243.4	Bluff Mountain Overlook	ADOPTED Michael Trimble
244.7	Basin Cove Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Michael Trimble
252.8	Sheets Gap Parking Overlook	Available
260.3	Jumpinoff Rocks Parking Area	ADOPTED Wes & Angela Greene
264.4	The Lump Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Wes & Angela Greene
266.8	Mt. Jefferson Overlook	Available
267.8	Betseys Rock Falls Overlook	Available
270.2	Lewis Fork Parking Overlook	Available
271.9	Cascades Parking Overlook	ADOPTED   KAMPN, Inc.
272.5	Tompkins Knob Parking Area	Available
274.3	Elk Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Hamm Family
277.3	Stoney Fork Valey Parking Overlook	Available
277.9	Osborne Mountain View Parking Overlook	Available
278.3	Carroll Gap parking Overlook	Available
281.4	Grandview Parking Overlook	Available
285.1	Boone's Trace Overlook	Available
289.5	Raven Rocks Parking Overlook	Available
289.8	Yadkin Valley Parking Overlook	Available
290.4	Thunder Hill Parking Overlook	Available
293.4	Moses Cone Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Team Enloe
294.6	Trout Lake Parking Area	Available
295.3	Sims Creek Overlook	Available
295.9	Sims Pond Parking Overlook	ADOPTED ASU Student  FRIENDS Chapter
296.7	Price Lake Overlook	ADOPTED ASU Student  FRIENDS Chapter
297.2	Boone Fork Overlook	Available
299.0	Cold Prong Pond Overlook	Available
299.7	View of Calloway Peak Overlook	ADOPTED Marshall Family
299.9	Boone Fork Parking Area	Available
300.6	Green Mountain Overlook	Available
301.8	Pilot Ridge Overlook	Available
302.1	View Wilson Creek Valley Overlook	Available
302.4	Raven Rocks Overlook	ADOPTED Bill & El Wilson
302.8	Rough Ridge Parking Area	ADOPTED ASU Student  FRIENDS Chapter
303.6	Wilson Creek Overlook	ADOPTED Bill & El Wilson
303.9	Yonahlossee Overlook	Available
304.4	Linn Cove Parking Area	Available
304.8	Stack Rock Parking Area	Available

 

Pisgah District Mileposts (MP) 305 - 469

MP	Name of Overlook	Status
305.2	Beacon Heights Parking Area	ADOPTED Michael Hughes
306.6	Grandfather Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
307.4	Grandmother Parking Area	Available
307.6	No Name Parking Widening	Available
308.3	Flat Rock Parking Area	Available
310.0	Lost Cove Cliffs Parking Overlook	Available
315.6	Camp Creek Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Keller Clan
316.4	Linville Falls Spur Road, River Bend Overlook	Available
316.5	Linville River Parking Area	Available
318.4	North Toe Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Joyner Family
320.8	Chestoa View Parking Area	ADOPTED Joyner Family
323.0	Bear Den Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Joyner Family
325.9	Heffner Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Joyner Family
327.3	North Cove Parking Overlook	Available
328.6	The Loops Overlook	Available
329.8	Table Rock Parking Overlook	Available
337.2	Deer Lick Gap Parking Overlook	Available
338.8	Three Knobs Parking Overlook	Available
342.2	Black Mountains Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
344.1	Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
345.3	Singecat Ridge Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
347.9	Hewat Overlook Parking Widening	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
348.8	Curtis Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
349.2	Laurel Knob Ridge Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
349.9	Mt. Mitchell Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
350.4	Green Knob Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
352.4	Bald Knob Parking Widening	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
355.3	Ridge Junction Parking Overlook	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
359.8	Balsam Gap Parking Area	ADOPTED  NC High Peaks Trail Assn
361.2	Glassmine Falls Parking Overlook	Available
363.4	Graybeard Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
364.1	Craggy Domee Parking Overlook	Available
372.1	Lanes Pinnacle Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Fletcher
373.8	Bull Creek Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Raber
376.7	Tanbark Ridge Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Raber
380.0	Haw Creek Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Brown
393.8	French Broad Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Walnut Cove Members Assn.
396.4	Walnut Cove Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Walnut Cove Members Assn.
397.3	Sleepy Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Burkhead
398.3	Chestnut Cove Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Burkhead
399.7	Bad Fork Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Burkhead
401.1	Wash Creek Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Burkhead
401.7	Beaver Dam Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Crook
402.6	Stony Bald Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Straub
403.6	Big Ridge Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Straub
404.2	Hominy Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Straub
405.5	Mills River Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Straub
407.6	Mt. Pisgah Parking Area	Available
407.7	Buck Springs Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Morgan
408.3	No Name Parking Area	ADOPTED Morgan
409.3	Funnel Top Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
410.3	The Pink Beds Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
411.0	The Cradle of Forestry Overlook	ADOPTED Haulk
411.9	Cold Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Haulk
412.2	Wagon Road Gap Parking Area	ADOPTED Haulk
413.2	Pounding Mill Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Clark
415.7	Cherry Cove Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Janis Keim Consulting
416.3	Log Hollow Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
417.0	Looking Glass Rock Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Janis Keim Consulting
418.3	East Fork Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
418.8	Graveyard Fields Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
419.4	John Rock Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
421.7	Fetterbush Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
422.4	Devil's Courthouse Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
422.8	Mt. Hardy Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
423.5	Courthouse Valley Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
424.4	Herrin Knob Parking Widening	ADOPTED David Lennox
424.8	Wolf Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
425.4	Rough Butt Bald Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
427.6	Bear Pen Gap Parking Area	ADOPTED David Lennox
427.8	Spot Knob Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
428.0	Caney Fork Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
428.5	Beartrap Gap Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
430.4	Beartrail Ridge Parking Area	ADOPTED David Lennox
430.7	Cowee Mountain Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
431.0	Haywood Jackson Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
431.4	Richland Balsam Parking Overlook	ADOPTED David Lennox
432.7	Lone Bald Parking Overlook	Available
433.3	Roy Taylor Forest Parking Overlook	Available
435.3	Doubletop Mountain Parking Overlook	Available
435.7	Licklog Ridge Parking Overlook	Available
436.8	Grassy Ridge Mine Parking Overlook	Available
438.9	Steestachee Bald Parking Overlook	Available
439.4	Cove Field Ridge Parking Overlook	Available
440.0	Saunook Parking Overlook	Available
440.9	Waynesville Parking Overlook	Available
441.4	Standing Rock Parking Overlook	Available
441.9	Rabb Knob Parking Overlook	Available
442.2	Balsam Gap Parking Overlook	Available
444.6	The Orchards Parking Overlook	Available
445.2	Mt. Lynn Lowry Parking Overlook	Available
446.0	Woodfin Valley Parking Overlook	Available
446.7	Woodfin Cascades Parking Overlook	Available
448.1	Wesner Bald Parking Overlook	Available
448.5	Scott Creek Parking Overlook	Available
449.0	Fork Ridge Parking Overlook	Available
450.2	Yellow Face Parking Overlook	Available
451.2	Browning Knob Overlook	Available
451.2	Waterrock Knob Parking Overlook	Available
452.1	Cranberry Ridgge Parking Overlook	Available
452.3	Woolyback Parking Overlook	Available
453.4	Hornbuckle Valley Parking Overlook	Available
454.4	Thunderstruck Ridge Parking Overlook	ADOPTED Maggie Valley Area Lodging Association
455.1	Fed Cove Parking Overlook	Available
455.5	Soco Gap Parking Overlook	Available
456.2	Jonathan Creek Parking Overlook	Available
457.9	Plott Balsam Overlook	ADOPTED Jeanette Craig
458.2	Heintooga Spur Road 1.3 Mile High Parking Overlook	Available
458.2	Heintooga Spur Road 1.4 Maggie Valley Parking Overlook	Available
458.2	Heintooga Spur Road 2.3 Lake Junaluska Parking Overlook	Available
458.2	Heintooga Spur Road 3.3 Horsetrough Ridge Parking Widening	Available
458.2	Heintooga Spur Road 3.4 Horsetrough Ridge Parking Widening	Available
458.2	Heintooga Spur Road 3.6 Black Camp Gap Parking Area	Available
458.9	Lickstone Parking Overlook	Available
459.5	Bunches Bald Parking Overlook	Available
460.8	Jenkins Ridge Parking Overlook	Available
461.9	Big Witch Parking Overlook	Available
463.9	Thomas Divide Parking Overlook	Available
467.4	Ballhoot Scar Parking Overlook	Available
467.9	Raven Fork Parking Overlook	Available
468.4	Oconaluftee Parking Overlook	Available