Evening star., 1951-06-10
Roads Geured
To Vacations
In Virginia
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about 20 degrees below those O
the valley and Piedmont.
More than 200 miles of hikinl
and horseback trails, trout stream
stocked annually, shelters ant
camp sites. together with the un
paralleled scenery. make Shenan
doah National Park the most pow
erful single drawing card in tn
Old Dominion. Over / million
people were clocked at park en-
frances last year.
Natural Wonders.
The Skyline Drive connects with
the Blue Ridge Parkway at AftoI
to continue, with only two shor
breaks, the mountain skyway doWr
to Asheville, N. c.
The rightly called natural won.
ders of the State are scattered
from one end of the Great Valley
Of Virginia to the other, of which
Route II is the lifeline. Beginning
1T Front Royal are Skyline. She
r1andoah. Luray, Endless, Melrose
and Grand Caverns, Natura,
Chimneys, Natural Bridge, Dixie
and Bristol Caverns and Natural
Tunnel.
The Valley pike has its strong
association with heroic deeds ano
men Of accomplishments, too. II
runs through Staunton where
Woodrow Wilson's birthplace Il
now a public shrine. Lexington
, with its memorials to Lee anc
jackson, the Virginia Military In
stitute and Washington and Lee
University-and Abingdon, which
Bob Porterfeld has made WorlC
renowned with his Barter Thea
ter.
The most Travelled route from
Washington to the mountain areas
Of Virginia is Route I'll, picked
up on Route SO. about 20 miles
out Of the city. Route 211 passes
by old Avon Mill, between Sperry-
vile and Washington, Va. now be-
ing renovated for the Blue Ridge
Music Festival, which will take
place on three successive Sunday
afternoons, August IL, 10 and 26
It bisectS the Skyline Drive on its
way through Luray to New Mar
ket.
New Inn at Charlottesville.
It can be left at Warrenton in
favor of U. S. %, which wends its
way through the Piedmont to
Monticello and Ashlawn, homes of
Jefferson and Monroe, respective
ly; Niche Tavern and the campus
of the University of Virginia, for
beauty unequaled by any in the
country. Here at Charlottesville a
new inn has recently been opened,
offering both charm and comfort,
But more and more motorists
are seeking the less Travelled by
ways of the Old Dominion through
pristine forests, by sparkling
brooks, across rugged mountains.
While modern U. S. so from
Richmond to Williamsburg may be
the quickest, State Route prom
ises o leisurely journey between
hedgerows of honeysuckle. along
O tree-shaded road once travelled
by many Of the States great
the Byrds of Westover, the Car
ters of Shirley, the HarriSons of
Berkeley. These three James
River plantations are now open
TO visitors all year.
u. s. II may be the shortest
from Fredericksburg toward the
Norfolk area, but State Route 3
on the north side of the Kappa
hammock River carries the traveller
over good highway, through roll
ing country. by Colonial Beach
and past the birthplace of George
Washington and near Stratford,
birthplace of Robert E. Lee, both
public shrines.
Exciting Diversion.
U. S. IL down the Shenandoah
Valley is almost unsurpassed for
both beauty and utility in the
State, but State Route IL, from
Luray to Elkton, closely 1anked
by the Blue Ridge on the east
and Massanutten Mountain on the
west, offers an exciting diversion
from the regular rum"
U. s. 211 may be the most
popular route from Washington to
the Valley pike, but State Route
b from near Centerville to Luray
and Strasburg is delightfully."- diff
ferent.
And U. S. Route l may be the
most rapid North-South artery
but U. S. is or % through beauti-
ful Central and Piedmont Vir-
ginia guarantee a scenic journey.
q. S. 220 through Warm Springs
Valley, passing spas that have
been gathering spots since Colo
nial days, is both a scenic drive
and a fine highway from the
West Virginia line near Monterey
by Warm Springs, Hot Springs
and Falling Springs to U. S. go
ut Covington. Sparkling Jackson
River follows closely through the
entire trip.
Scotland" Area.
Clinch Valley, centered by U. S.
Route 19 from Bluefeld to Han
sonville. could we'll be called the
Scotland of America. Green hills
OF bluegrass pasture land drift
of into high, wooded mountains
that in summer are covered with
q soft green mat of changing
viStas.
A good forest highway through
Fort Valley near Front Royal
takes the traveller down a narrow
scenic valley, away from the hub
bub Of main routes through quiet,
uncluttered mountain scenery.
Leaving Route SIS at Waterlick,
about halfway between Front
Royal and Strasburg, U. S.
Forestry Route "a Estate second
ary 678). is hard surfaced for
about IA miles, then turns into a
good shale road on to near Camp
Roosevelt, where Route GIG goes
to the right through a mountain