Johnson's Farm

Blue Ridge Parkway, Milepost 85.9
http://www.nps.gov/blri/culture.htm
Open during the summer months
Cost: Free

After serving three generations of the Johnson family, the Johnson Farm, a mountain farmstead, has been completely preserved as it existed in 1852. Seasonal living history demonstrations illustrate daily life of the ordinary frontier farmers. It is one of dozens of park orchestrated attractions designed to fulfill the parkway's mission of preserving regional culture while, in the words of its, landscape architect. Stanley W. Abbott, "revealing the charm and interest of the native American country." The Johnson Farm Trail Loop takes you 1.1 miles off the Blue Ridge Parkway to the farm.

Directions:
Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 85.9, near Peaks of Otter Visitor Center.

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