Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway (Nature's Scenic Drives) （3RD）

Logue, Victoria/ Logue, Frank/ Blouin, Nicole

Menasha Ridge Press Inc.（2010/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 160 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780897329088
• DDC分類 917.550444

Full Description

Flowing among the beautiful mountains and valleys of Virginia and North Carolina, the 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway is a true American jewel. Built to expose motorists to nature as well as to preserve its beauty, the Parkway still delivers unrivaled beauty today. Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway is filled with information useful to those traveling the Parkway and is detailed with color photographs throughout. It highlights the many significant points of interest located on and nearby the Parkway, including Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi, Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, and Mabry Mill, one of the most photographed sites on the Parkway. Also noted are locations of overlooks, waterfalls, and tunnels as well as key entry and exit points along the Parkway. The guide features a brief history of the Parkway itself, a look at the surrounding geology and human history of the area, and an extensive wildflower bloom calendar. The book is organized mile-post to mile-post, appropriate for travelers who are driving the entire Blue Ridge Parkway or only a small section.

Contents

IntroductionA Blue Ridge Sampler

Roanoke and the Vicinity

Settlers on the Landscape: Agricultural and Rural Life

Grandfather and the Black Mountains

Asheville and Vicinity

High Mountain Wilderness Views

Blue Ridge Parkway Bloom Calendar

Blue Ridge Parkway Contact Information

Trailheads on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Milepost Tunnel Guide

Index