FOOTHILLS DIGEST / A LIVE FIELD GUIDE
Live Views.
A window into the mountains. See what is happening along the Parkway, check mountain weather, and wander through western North Carolina, one camera at a time.
Find your next view.
Choose a marker to find its camera source. Search for a town, a river or a favorite mountain. Viewpoints link to their operators, and some update photographs instead of streaming video.
ACROSS WESTERN NC
Camera directory
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A camera near the Blue Ridge Parkway may overlook the mountains rather than the road itself. Before traveling, check the official National Park Service road closures.
Check Parkway closures ↗A view of the road.
Choose an actual road-facing camera below. Each opens a viewer over this page, so you can check the camera without navigating away. Operators may block third-party viewing, and the pop-up tells you if you need the original source.
Highway 105 at Foscoe
Foscoe · High Country · highway and weather view
Highway 105 at Smoketree Lodge
Banner Elk · Watauga / Avery area · highway camera
Beech Mountain Parkway
Beech Mountain · town-center road conditions
Highway 184 near Banner Elk
Banner Elk · road and mountain weather
NCDOT's regional maps
DriveNC doesn't provide a verified direct link for each local camera here. These buttons open the regional map in a pop-up—not a specific video. Select the Cameras layer, then a camera marker.
A view from The Bluffs
One of our favorite stops on the Blue Ridge Parkway, right in the heart of Doughton Park. Take a look at the camera, then revisit the story of this much-loved restaurant.
Camera operated by ResortCams for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. If the feed is unavailable, the player offers the direct source link.More views you can watch here.
These scenic camera operators publish an embeddable player, so you can open their views without leaving Foothills Digest. Video availability still depends on the operator.
Whiteside Mountain
Watch the mountains from Big Bear Pen Mountain near Highlands, courtesy of the Town of Highlands.
Camera player: Town of Highlands / Brownrice Internet5506-foot summit
Look out from Beech Mountain Resort's summit camera, using the same player that the resort embeds on its webcam page.
Embedded player: Beech Mountain Resort / ResortCamsLake Glenville
Take a look at the changing skies and water over Lake Glenville in the Cashiers–Highlands area.
Camera player: Silver Creek Real Estate / YouTubeSouth Fork New River
Watch the river and changing water conditions at High Mountain Expeditions' tubing outpost.
Embedded player: High Mountain Expeditions / CamStreamerRumbling Bald on Lake Lure
Choose the lakeside view or watch one of the two nearby golf courses.
Three embedded players: Rumbling Bald / NestKnow a view we're missing?
Send us a link to a public webcam in Western North Carolina. We'll review it and credit the operator.