Within the Blue Ridge province are two major national parks - the Shenandoah National Park in the northern section, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern section - and eight national forests including George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Cherokee National Forest, Pisgah National Forest, Nantahala National Forest and Chattahoochee National Forest. The Blue Ridge also contains the Blue Ridge Parkway, a long scenic highway that connects the two parks and is located along the ridge crest-lines with the Appalachian Trail.