Digitized Historical Maps : Georeferenced Maps from The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway

Selected maps from Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway were georeferenced in order to provide the interactive Maps feature of the digital collection. This site provides access to these georeferenced maps in a format suitable for use in Geographic Information System (GIS) software.
The georeferenced maps are packaged in zip files, accompanied by a readme.txt file and metadata.

“The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway” was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.

Nonvisual descriptions are available from the metadata pages. Follow the View Metadata link; descriptions are in the Title, Caption, and Abstract fields.

1930s | 1940s | 1950s to 1990s | Other

1930s
Eastern National Park-to-Park Highway, Agreed on in Conference at Washington, D.C., April 4, 1931. None. 1931 | Download Map | View Metadata

Composite Map of Little Switzerland, None. Little Switzerland. 1933 | Download Map | View Metadata

Map of Little Switzerland and proposed Parkway route, None. 1933 | Download Map | View Metadata

Appalachian National Parkway, Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains Section, Recreation-Service-Scenic Development, Pine Spur, Land Map. 1934 | Download Map | View Metadata

Logical Route for the Southern Portion of the Appalachian Park-to-Park Highway, None. None. 1934 | Download Map | View Metadata

Location Plan for Overpass at North Carolina St. H'way #26, Near Sparta - N.C.. Section 2B. 1935 | Download Map | View Metadata

Regional Sketch Map, Section 2A. Section 2A. 1935 | Download Map | View Metadata

Study for Development of Shenandoah Great Smoky Mts. Nat'l Parkway, Through the Cherokee Indian Reservation. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1935 | Download Map | View Metadata

Study for Development of Shenandoah Great Smoky Mts. Nat'l Parkway, Through the Cherokee Indian Reservation. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1935 | Download Map | View Metadata

Detail Map, Project 7813-Ashe County, Horse Gap to Glendale Springs N.C.. Section 2D. 1936 | Download Map | View Metadata

Map of Lands Acquired for the Blue Ridge Parkway, Recreational Demonstration Project LP-VA-8 Rocky Knob Area, Drawing No. PKY-BR RK-2023. Section 1S. 1936 | Download Map | View Metadata

Motor Service & Tea Room, Blue Ridge Parkway at Rocky Knob Park, 1936, Drawing No. PKY-BR RK-2060. Section 1S. 1936 | Download Map | View Metadata

Road and Parking Area, Picnic Area No. 3 - Bluff Park. Bluff Park. 1937 | Download Map | View Metadata

L.F. Caudill, Vicinity of Sta. 150 - Sect. 2-B. Section 2B. 1938 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Acquisition Maps 1938, Section 2A | Download Map | View Metadata

Little Switzerland Connection, Section 2L Station 342+25. Little Switzerland. 1938 | Download Map | View Metadata

Private Residues in Forest Areas, Section 2M. Section 2M. 1938 | Download Map | View Metadata

Regional Map and Grade Crossing Elimination Study, Section 2-L. Section 2L. 1938 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vicinity Map, Tennessee Bald to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1938 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Acquisition Map, Pine Spur Park, 10/31/39, revised Jan 18, 1962, Drawing No. PKY-BR PS-5360A. Section 1P. 1939 | Download Map | View Metadata

1940s
Cabin Group, Bluff Park. Bluff Park. 1940 | Download Map | View Metadata

Detail Map of Location from the Blue Ridge Parkway to Mt. Mitchell, under County Project 595, Buncombe, Yancey Counties. 1940 | Download Map | View Metadata

Geologic Map, Section 1A to 2A. 1940 | Download Map | View Metadata

Geologic Map, Section 1V to 2V. 1940 | Download Map | View Metadata

Proposed Grandfather Mountain. 1940 | Download Map | View Metadata

Proposed Grandfather Mountain, Part of the Master Plan for Blue Ridge Parkway. Grandfather Mountain. 1940 | Download Map | View Metadata

Property Map Humpback Rocks-Section 1B and 1C, 7/14/41, Drawing No. PKY-BR HR-2050. Section 1B and 1C. 1941 | Download Map | View Metadata

Qualla and 3200 Acre Tracts, Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina 1941 | Download Map | View Metadata

Road and Parking Area - Brinegar Cabin, Bluff Park. Bluff Park. 1941 | Download Map | View Metadata

Sign Types and Location, Bluff Park. Bluff Park. 1941 | Download Map | View Metadata

Cumberland Knob, None. Cumberland Knob. 1942 | Download Map | View Metadata

General Development Plan Humpback Rocks: Greenstone Section, Drawing No. PKY-BR HR-2051A. Section 1C. 1942 | Download Map | View Metadata

Little Glade Pond Development Plan, Section 2B Station 31+50. Section 2B. 1942 | Download Map | View Metadata

Grounds Development, Linville River - Sect. 2J. Section 2J. 1943 | Download Map | View Metadata

Grandfather Mtn. Area-Acquisition Map. 1944 | Download Map | View Metadata

Prelim-Park Entrance & Devel Areas, Peaks of Otter, Sec. 1-K, 4/5/1944, Drawing No. PKY-BR PO-2014A. Section 1K and Section 1J. 1944 | Download Map | View Metadata

Bluff Service Center. 1945 | Download Map | View Metadata

Crabtree Meadows Service Center, None. Crabtree Meadows. 1945 | Download Map | View Metadata

Linville River Service Center, None. Section 2J. 1945 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista & Management Areas, Jefferson National Forest, Section 1-J, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1J 2051A. Section 1J. 1945 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista & Management Areas, Jefferson National Forest, Section 1-K, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1K-2055A. Section 1K. 1945 | Download Map | View Metadata

Grandfather Mt. Acquisition - Kelsey Proposal. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Grandfather Mt. Acquisition - Kelsey Proposal, Sections 2H 2J & 2K. Grandfather Mountain. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Use Map, Cumberland Knob. Cumberland Knob. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Use Map, Cumberland Knob. Cumberland Knob. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Use Map, Rocky Knob, 10/1/1946, Drawing No. PKY-BR RK-2063. Section 1S. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Preliminary Layout Plan, Asheville Maintenance Area. Section 2Q. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista and Management Areas, Section 2M through Pisgah Nat'l Forest. Section 2M. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista and Management Areas, Section 2N-A. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista and Management Areas, Section 2N-B. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista and Management Areas, Section 2P through Pisgah National Forest. Section 2P. 1946 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Use Map, The Bluffs. Bluff Park. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Use Map, The Bluffs. Bluff Park. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Mabry Mill Site Restoration, Section 1T, Sta. 582, 10/21/1941; approved 1947, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1T 2053. Section 1T. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-B, Section 2-B Route N.C. 21 to Route N.C. 18. Section 2B. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-D, Section 2-D Route N.C. 18 to Route N.C. 16. Section 2D. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-E, Section 2-E Horse Gap to Deep Gap. Section 2E. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Public Road System Plan. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Public Road System Plan, Sections 2G and H. Section 2G. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Public Road System Plan, Section 2R. Section 2R. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Public Road System Plan, Section 2-X. Section 2X. 1947 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway and Local Road Relocation, Station 1190+ to 1210+ Section 2Q. Section 2Q. 1948 | Download Map | View Metadata

Sign Types and Locations, The Bluffs. 1948 | Download Map | View Metadata

Sign Types and Locations, The Bluffs. 1948 | Download Map | View Metadata

Humpback Rocks General Development-Part of the Master Plan, Blue Ridge Parkway. 1949 | Download Map | View Metadata

Humpback Rocks Va, Developed Areas & Utilities Plan-Part of the Master Plan, Blue Ridge Parkway, Feb 1952 (note superseded by G), Drawing No. PKY-BR. 1949 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-L, Section 2-L McKinney Gap to Gooch Gap. Section 2L. 1949 | Download Map | View Metadata

Pilot Knob Development & Trails, Section 2-H - Pilot Knob. Section 2H. 1949 | Download Map | View Metadata

Public Road System Plan, Section 2V. Section 2V. 1949 | Download Map | View Metadata

1950s to 1990s
Road System Plan 2-W, Section 2W. Section 2W. 1950 | Download Map | View Metadata

Map Showing Lands of F.W. Hossfeld Heirs, For Transfer to: United States Government. 1951 | Download Map | View Metadata

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Developed Areas & Utilities Plan-Part of the Master Plan, Blue Ridge Parkway. 1952 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map, Moses Cone Memorial Park, 16 July 1952, Drawing No. PKY-BR MC-2053A. 1952 | Download Map | View Metadata

Pioneer Culture Interpretation, Part of the Master Plan. Asheville. 1952 | Download Map | View Metadata

Pioneer Culture Interpretation, Developed Area and Utilities Plan - Part of the Master Plan. Asheville. 1953 | Download Map | View Metadata

Mabry Mill Pioneer Industry Group Dev. Area, Interpretive & Utilities, Part of the Master Plan, sheet 46, 13 Feb 1965, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1T 2068A. 1955 | Download Map | View Metadata

Mabry Mill Pioneer Industry Group Interpretive Plan, Part of the Master Plan, sheet 46, 23 Nov 1955, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1T 2068. Section 1T. 1955 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway thru Biltmore Lands, Section 2R. Biltmore Estate; Section 2R.1955 | Download Map | View Metadata

Mead Timber Lands, Jackson County, NC. Section 2Y. 1956 | Download Map | View Metadata

Proposed Soco Bald Development, Section 2-Y. Section 2Y. 1959 | Download Map | View Metadata

Humpback Rocks Developed Areas Plan, July 20, 1961, None. Section 1C. 1961 | Download Map | View Metadata

Grandfather Mt. Lands Map, Sec. 2H Blue Ridge Parkway. Section 2H. 1962 | Download Map | View Metadata

Grandfather Mt. Lands Map. 1962 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Location. 1962 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-Y, Section 2Y U.S. Route 19 to Big Witch Gap. Section 2Y. 1963 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-Z, None. Section 2Z. 1963 | Download Map | View Metadata

Natural History Base Map, March 1964, Sheet 8 of 11. None. 1964 | Download Map | View Metadata

Natural History Base Map, March 1964, Sheet 6 of 11. None. 1964 | Download Map | View Metadata

Natural History Base Map, March 1964, Sheet 7 of 11. None. 1964 | Download Map | View Metadata

Natural History Base Map, March 1964, Sheet 9 of 11. None. 1964 | Download Map | View Metadata

Overlay Showing Lands Appropriated by NC - SHC for Middle Line. 1965 | Download Map | View Metadata

Overlay Showing Lands Appropriated by NC - SHC for Middle Line - Jan. 1965, Grandfather Mt. Lands Map. Section 2H. 1965 | Download Map | View Metadata

Planting plan-various locations, section 1-M, sta 337+50-Mile 112.5, Oct 12, 1965, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1M 2076. Section 1M. 1965 | Download Map | View Metadata

Planting Plan - Mt. Pisgah: Parking Area - Lodge, Pky. Sect. 2U. Section 2U. 1966 | Download Map | View Metadata

Study Plan-Mtn Community, Moses H Cone Memorial Park. 1966. | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-A, Section 2-A V.A.-N.C. State Line to Route U.S. 21. Section 2A. 1974 | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Land Use Map Section 2-H, Section 2-H Gap ""X"" to Beacon Heights. Section 2H. 1996 | Download Map | View Metadata

Other
Cabins, Bluff Park. Bluff Park. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Land Acquisition Map, Pine Spur, post 9/1960, None. Section 1P. Post-1960 | Download Map | View Metadata

Lodge, Bluff Park. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Moses H. Cone General Development, nd, Drawing No. PKY-BR MC-2051. Section 2G. UNDATED | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Location Grandfather Mt. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Parkway Location Grandfather Mt., Section 2-H. Section 2H. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Planting Plan for Crabtree Meadows Concession P. Area, Parkway Section 2M. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Proposed Shenandoah - Great Smoky Mountains National Parkway. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Proposed State Road Bypass, Linville - Boone 2G-H. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, State Line to Horse Gap. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, Sheet 6 of 11. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, Sheet 7 of 11. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, Sheet 8 of 11. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, Sheet 9 of 11. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, Sheet 10 of 11. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Roads and Trails Maps, Sheet 11 of 11. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Stable, Bluff Park. Bluff Park. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Untitled, Mt. Pisgah Area. Little Pisgah. Undated | Download Map | View Metadata

Vista & Management Areas, Jefferson National Forest, Section 1-H, Drawing No. PKY-BR 1H 2063A. Section 1H. Original date unknown; revised 1945. | Download Map | View Metadata