About Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania. The Blue Ridge Mountains are known for having a bluish color when seen from a distance. 

The English who settled colonial Virginia in the early 17th century recorded that the native Powhatan name for the Blue Ridge was Quirank. At the foot of the Blue Ridge, various tribes including the Siouan Manahoacs, the Iroquois, and the Shawnee hunted and fished. While the Blue Ridge range includes the highest summits in the eastern United States the climate is nevertheless too warm to support an alpine zone, thus the range lacks the tree line found at lower elevations in the northern half of the Appalachian range. 

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