Blue Ridge Parkway by the Numbers:
- 649 – The lowest elevation in feet, found at the James River, VA.
- 6050 – The elevation in feet, found at Richland Balsam, near Mount Pisgah, NC.
- 1 – Number of tunnels on the Parkway in Virginia.
- 25 – Number of tunnels on the Parkway in North Carolina.
- 81000 – Number of acres of land that make up the Parkway’s holdings, making it the largest unit in the National Park system.
- 600 – Number of streams in the Parkway.
- 47 – Number of designated Natural Heritage Areas in the Parkway.
- 350 – Number of miles of hiking trails that crisscross the Parkway.
- 100 – Possible number of different types of soils in the Parkway.
- 5700 – Range of elevations along the Parkway.
- 1600 – Number of different vascular plant species in the Parkway.
- 50 – Number of those plant species that are threatened or endangered.
- 130 – Number of species of trees that grow along the Parkway.
- 400 – Number of different species of mosses in the Parkway.
- 2000 – Number of different species of fungi that grow in the Parkway.
- 74 – Number of different species of mammals found in the parkway.
- 50 – Number of different species of amphibians found in the Parkway.
- 35 – Number of different species of reptiles found in the Parkway.
- 159 – Number of different species of birds that nest in the Parkway. More pass through.
- 52 – Number of years it took to complete the Parkway.
