Blue Ridge Mountains

British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in the eastern US, extending from West Virginia into Georgia: part of the Appalachian mountains. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)

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Blue Ridge Mountains Cultural  

1. Range of the Appalachian Mountains extending from southern Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia.

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Example Sentences

A scion of northeastern Virginia, Washington first crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains during the course of his duties as a teenage surveyor in 1748.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The spot reminded him of his childhood and the Blue Ridge Mountains where he grew up, and vacations at Holden Beach on the shores in North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

His father's family was based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

The county includes Asheville, a city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains famed for its arts and music scene.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

It was enough to let him know he was really in the backwoods of Virginia, an area the signs kept telling him was the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison