Blue Ridge Parkway Access - The tour starts at the Visitors Information Center, 201 South Main Street. Proceed north on Main Street, approximately 1 mile, to Hwy. 191 North and turn left, at Rite Aid.

Continue on Hwy. 191. N (Haywood Rd.). for approximately 10 miles until you reach a dead end in Mills River. Turn right at the light unto Hwy. 280 (converence of 191 & 280). Travel aprroximately 1 mile to the third stop light and turn left back onto Hwy. 191 (Old Haywood Rd.), continue on 191 approximately 8 miles. Turn left at the Blue Ridge Parkway sign, there is a light at the intersection, also the entrance of the NC Arboretum.

Blue Ridge Parkway Loop Tour starts at the Visitors Information Center, 201 South Main Street. Proceed north on Main Street, to 7th Avenue/Hwy 64 W.; turn left at Bank of America. Travel approximately 18 miles on Hwy. 64 W., through the communities of Etowah, Horse Shoe, and Penrose. At the major intersection of Hwy. 64 & Hwy. 280, go straight thru the traffic light onto Hwy. 276 N., and the entrance to Pisgah National Forest . Follow Hwy. 276 N. for approximately 10.5 miles to the Blue Ridge Parkway and turn right. The Pisgah Inn is located 3 1/2 miles on the right between miles marker 409 and 408. The Inn is open April - October.

Make a loop tour on the Parkway and return to Hendersonville on Hwy. 191 S. Exit at mile marker 393, onto Hwy. 191 S, and continue on Hwy. 191 S. approximately 8 miles, until the road dead ends, at the light turn right onto Hwy 280/Hwy 191. Travel approximately 1 mile to the third stop light and turn left back onto Hwy. 191 S. (Haywood Rd.), continue on 191 approximately 8 miles to the junction of Asheville Hwy, (Hwy. 25 S). to Downtown Hendersonville.