Backroads of North Carolina Your guide to great day trips & weekend getaways
Book - 2009
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Minneapolis, MN :
Voyageur Press
2009.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780760325926
- Introduction
- Part I. Bluffs and Valleys: The Northwest
- 1. A River Runs Through It: New River Country
- 2. A Rugged Mountain and Gentle Valley: Grandfather Mountain to Valle Crucis
- 3. A Fishing and Hiking Paradise: Up Wilson Creek and Down Johns River
- 4. River of Cliffs: A Loop around Linville Gorge
- 5. Through the Mining District: Little Switzerland to Roan Mountain
- 6. Valley Farms and River Towns: NC Highway 209 to Hot Springs and the French Broad River to Marshall
- 7. North on The Scenic: The Blue Ridge Parkway from Virginia to Asheville
- Part II. Land of Waterfalls: The Southwest
- 8. South on The Scenic: The Blue Ridge Parkway from Asheville to the Smokies
- 9. Cradle of Forestry: A Loop around Pisgah National Forest
- 10. The Land of Waterfalls: U.S. Highway 64 from Rosman to Franklin
- 11. Escarpment Rivers: The Backdoor Route from Lake Toxaway to Highlands
- 12. Rafts and Rubies: Cowee Valley, Nantahala River, and Wayah Bald
- 13. History and Hiking in the Smokies: Cataloochee to Big Creek
- 14. Cherokee Country: Following Heintooga, Round Bottom, and Big Cove Roads into Cherokee
- 15. Old Trees and Grand Scenery: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and Cherohala Skyway
- Part III. History and Scenery in the Heartland: The Piedmont
- 16. Reds, Whites, and Blue Skies: Yadkin Valley Wine Country
- 17. The Mountains Away from the Mountains: Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock
- 18. Mountains That Arenrsquo;t: The Uwharries
- 19. Native American Heritage: Morrow Mountain, Town Creek, and Ellerbe
- Part IV. Deep History and Endless Water: The Northeast
- 20. Northern Route to Coast: Exploring History and Nature in the Northeast
- 21. Albemarle Tributaries: River Towns of the Cashie, Chowan, Roanoke, and Perquimans
- 22. History and Prehistory: Bath, Aurora, Oriental