It comes right as the region – and road – typically sees a boom in usage as weather cools and the leaves change colors.

Park officials continue to advise visitors to reschedule trips to the park, which still has closures and limited emergency resources after Helene.

It comes right as the region – and road – typically sees a boom in usage as weather cools and the leaves change colors.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open with limited closures after Tropical Storm Helened forced many road and trail closures.

The entire Blue Ridge Parkway is closed in the wake of damage left by Hurricane Helene. According to the National Park Service, the closure is going to last indefinitely while crews work to clear storm damage and make sure the park is safely checked over.

The National Park Services announced Thursday that the full length of the Blue Ridge Parkway would be closed due to impacts from Hurricane Helene.

Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway is closed indefinitely while the National Park Service assesses and repairs the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The nation's longest park is a scenic road that snakes across western North Carolina from the border of Virginia down to the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.