The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-19
PARK TO PARK ROAD
RECREATONAL PLAN

1lOlll Po6S OiSsJ
program, one of the most vital
matters is the selection of the
route.
Certainly from the Shannan.
doah National Park southwest
ward the Blue Ridge Range is
incomparably the finest location,
both from the standpoints of
scenery and average elevation.
1t is abundantly worth while to
review somewhat in sequence the
major points of outstanding in
terest: Shortly after crossing
the Virginia-North Carolina line
Grandfather Mountain certainly
is the leading objective. This
old mountain with its majestic
cliffs has long been tourist OBJ
jective. Nearby are Blowing Rock
and Linvilie, two of the choice
resorts of North Carolina.
In the immediate vicinity is
the Linville Gorge, which pos
sesses some Of the most spectacu-
lar scenery and should be made
accessible by short line leading
from the main parkway, crossing
! the gorge on very high bridge.
Shortly thereafter the parkway
reaches Mount Mitchell, one of
the lodestones on the Parkway
Roulette highest mountain east
of the Rockies, Gill feet above
sea level. From Mount Mitchell
the line follows the Blue Ridge
southwark and at Swannanoa Gap
lit lies near the collection of re.
sort centers of Black Mountain,
Montreal and Blue Ridge, long
of popular interest.
Thence continuing southwark,
at Hickory Nut Gap it crosses
the very spot where De Sofa with
600 men first entered the Lane
of the Sky. Here the road turns
somewhat sOutheastward crossing
Bear Wallow and Sugar Loaf
| Mountains which overlook the
Chimney Rock and Lake Lure
country-which deserves m Or
than passing notice. Beyond
question the Chimney Rock sec
ton possesses perhaps the finest
cliff formations in the east.
Here is the famous Chimney Rock
with the Hickory Nut Falls 400
feet in the height. Lake Lure
nestles at the base with the great
amphitheater of cliffs and noun
tains in the background.
| The Parkway thence follows
the Blue Ridge in a southeaSterly
direction, which ridge sineularly
and at its only point-pasSes
beautifully level country to
the south of the famous COM
munity known as Flat Rock,
which in turn for over 100 Yeas
has been the summer colony Of
the aristocracy Of Charleston, 5.
| G.. The road then runs almost
due west, traversing the crest Of
Pinnacle Mountain, so we'll known
to the many visitors to Lake
Kanuga. At Standing Stone
Mountain the Parkway touches
the South Carolina-North Caro-
lima line, which line it follows
on the crest of the Blue Ridge
some % miles to Indian Camp
Mountain. In this stretch is some
of the most wonderful and awe
inspiring scenery in the Southern
Appalachians, the leading feature
of which is Caesars Head, which.
for 100 years has been Il tourist
objective for the people eSpccl-
ally of Greenville, South Caro-
lima, and also for a very large
section of country. The average
altitude of this whole range is
nearly 1000 feet above sea level.
From Indian Camp Mountain the
line again follows the ridge to,
and in the vicinity of Lake ToN-
away and touches enroute Cold
Mountain and ToXaway Moun-
tain. Thence the road traverses
a westerly direction overlooking
Lake Fairfield and Lake Sap
phire, the cliffs and lake views
from the former being one OF
the most beautiful on the Amer
lean Continent. The great pre-
cipice on Dobson Mountain should
by all means be made accessible
by a short side-line of not over
five miles.
A short distance beyond, the
road touches Whiteside Noun
tain. This mountain is unques-
tionably in a class by itself as
having the most wonderful cliff
formations on all sides, and is
spectacle of national consequence
conceded by all people who have
climbed and traversed the top OF