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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Blue Ridge Mountains

The cover of “Communion” eschews the grandeur of a Catholic cathedral, in favor of a photograph of a humble Methodist chapel in a rural part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024

I have built campfires in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and hunted wild turkey in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls