Virginia's Douthat State Park is fantastic and has been rated as one of the 10 best state parks in the nation. It's about 8 miles off I-64 near the West Virginia state line. Beautiful area. There are several fantastic VA State parks in the southwest corner of the state.
Shenandoah National Park on Skyline Drive is our frequent destination. Great campgrounds.
Roanoke, VA is a nice town adjacent to the Blue Ridge.
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Boone-Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Right on the BRP. You'll want to take some time to walk around that town and it's a great place to stay the night. We stayed in an historic inn there.
We drove a pretty wild backroad from Bristol, TN to get there.
The Smokies are beautiful and the BRP throughout NC is spectacular. You're going to have a memorable trip.
