Bicycling the Blue Ridge - A Guide to the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Skinner and Charlie Skinner have spent the last two decades bicycling! hiking! and exploring the Piedmont! foothills and mountains of North Carolina. They shared their love of outdoor adventuring with two daughters! and continue to pass along their years of experience to grateful readers. They live in Winston-Salem! NC. Klappentext Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway are arguably the two most quintessential scenic roads east of the Mississippi. This 575-mile strip of continuous road flows between Front Royal! Virginia! and Cherokee! North Carolina; traverses Shenandoah National Park; and connects to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the eastern rampart of the Appalachian Mountains. Bicycling the Blue Ridge is the definitive guide to this ribbon of highway and is ready to help you plan the perfect trip! whether you are out for the day or a month. You will find detailed! mile-by-mile descriptions that provide information on lodging! restaurants! stores! and bike shops on or near these united roads. Newly designed maps and elevation profiles are also included. Zusammenfassung There is no ribbon of highway more ideal for cycling than the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway! and Bicycling the Blue Ridge by Elizabeth and Charlie Skinner covers every inch of the 574-mile path between Front Royal! Virginia! and Cherokee! North Carolina. Written with racers! touring cyclists! and recreational cyclists in mind! this new edition continues as the definitive guide to a cyclist’s dream road! offering completely updated information on lodging! bike shops! campgrounds! and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface Part 1: An Introduction to Bicycling the Blue Ridge 1 The Ultimate Bicycling Road 2 Weather in the Blue Ridge Mountains 3 Camping versus Lodging 4 Gearing Up: Special Equipment and Clothing Part 2: Point-by-Point Descriptions 5 An Explanation of Our Point-by-Point Descriptions 6 The Skyline Drive Front Royal to Thornton Gap Thornton Gap to Swift Run Gap Swift Run Gap to Rockfish Gap 7 The Blue Ridge Parkway Rockfish Gap to James River Visitor Center James River Visitor Center to Roanoke Mountain Roanoke Mountain to Mabry Mill Mabry Mill to Cumberland Knob Cumberland Knob to Northwest Trading Post Northwest Trading Post to Linville Falls Linville Falls to Craggy Gardens Craggy Gardens to Mount Pisgah Mount Pisgah to Cherokee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Part 3: Appendices Appendix A: Bicycle Shops Appendix B: For More Information Appendix C: Major Elevation Gains Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Charlie Skinner, Elizabeth Skinner, Elizabeth/ Skinner Skinner
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2014
• EAN: 9780897326186
• ISBN: 978-0-89732-618-6
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport