Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06
MOTORING THROUGH
PICTURESQUE VIRGINIA
Automobile Tours May
Be Charted Through This
Commonwealth.
HISTORICAL PLAC'
sJaunts of From Fifty to $50 Miles
Can BE Made to Charming Spots
in This aud Neighboriag States.
B All Roads in Good Condition.

x Within tina. span of our nation be-
tween the Delaware and Ohio Rivers,
yanarked on The north BY the upper
Ssouth by tho lower line of Virginia,
Sis clustered the most remarkable net
Rwork of motoring tours Inv the United
Estates. Through this district may he
charted automobile trips so far above
&comparison with those of other sec
Stions of the country that there ceases
TO he any rivalry. II possesses the
silver stretches of the mighty Chesa-
the intinnate charms of the
aPotomac River and lesser water ways,
] the spell of the Blue Ridge and Ale
pghany Mountains; and with all this
sthe I'm and monuments Of three
Iof our nations wars. Well-kept roads
Sbeahty and link spots farAnus for
their picturesque ard freakish Won
der. The sites of a thousand battle
fields dot this peerless country.
All this and more lie before our
motorist standing with his vacation
in his hands.
! Our a~utomohilists- are FAR too fond
yof motoring within n few miles of
q their homes. y iaunt of fifty to 100
b miles seems to reach the limit Of their
&tourins ambition. II is time they dis
cover the beauty and charm Of their
IS own and sister States. Outsiders find
I our region aliurinE and individual to n
B superlativc decree. Why should not
1 our motorists know the lure of our
Nown home land?
Tours of Long Mileage.
Tours OF a long mileage are SO man
h within the boundaries of Virginia,
maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
that it is almost bewildcriur to at
tempt to chart a hard and fast route.
iE, however. n motorist thrice pre-
who takes n road man and 10c
book and routes his vacation tour in
this wonderland for motorists.
Five cihuits are so IMPRESSIVE that
the motorsst with tho vacation ahead
|fof him would do We'll 10 study their
character. One, perhaps tho most
pretentious. links Richmond, Wash
ington, Baltimore, UagcrStown, Cliff
ton Forge, Roanoke. Staunton and
charlottesville. our motorjst may
connect with this circuit AT any point
of the three states through whicl it
passes. Starting, let US say. from
Baltimore, the tour leads to Frederick.
of Civil War fame where one may
make n detour TO visit the battle field
of Gettysburg.
The next objective stop is HaCers-
towp. From iiaEerstown the motorist
proceeds to cumberland, where ho
turns south through the mountains,
with Hot Springs aud White sulphur
Springs region as his guiding point.
TIchI 'liil'u Ec ne proceeds TO
Roanoke, where he turns north, with
IStaunton as his objective point. ON
the way he visits Natural Bridge. one
of the great show places OF old Vir-
Einia. Passing through Lexington. he
turns at stanton and travels TO
charlottesville site OF the beautiful
campus Of the University Of Virginia.
The next objective point is Rich
mond, where the tourist should spend
as prolonged a visit as his vacation
will permit. Turning north from
Richmond, the route leads through
historic territory to fredericksburg.
The next leg of the trip takes the
motorist TO Washington and the ever
developing beauty OF our capital. The
circuit is completed from Washington
10 Baltimore.
Surprising scenic Tour.
Another tour of surprising scenic
beauty which visits most OF the nat
nral wonders of the Old Dominion,
such as the Grottoes OF tho Shenandoah,
the Natural Bridse and tho Caverns
of Luray, nay we'll lie known as the
Shenandoah tour. With Roanoke as
the southern point and Hacersiown as
the northernmost point. with possibly
a detour TO Gettysburg, the loop en-
circles Cumberland, Hot Springs,