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Map #5 -- The Best Rides North and South of Asheville, NC

America Rides Map

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Product Description

 On Map #5:

  • Full color map on front, detailed directions and ride descriptions on back
  • Best rides boldly highlighted in red
  • Good connecting roads highlighted in blue
  • 400 miles of the best two-lane back roads
  • 84 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway
  • Closest gas station to each Parkway exit, including remotely located stations
  • Points of interest: Scenic points, waterfalls, motorcycle-friendly stops, etc.
  • Easy to read color-coded road labels to aid navigation
  • Mileage between road segments shown
  • Overlaps and connects with adjacent maps 

Cities and Towns:

Tennessee: Elizabethton, Erwin, Unicoi, Flag Pond, Hampton, Jonesborough, Roan Mountain

North Carolina: Asheville, Black Mountain, Fletcher, Fairview, Swannanoa, Old Fort, Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Bakersville, Weaverville, Mars Hill, Montreat, Marion, Old Fort, Bat Cave, Elk Park, Newland, Crossnore, Linville Falls, Nebo, Woodfin, Barnardsville, Beech Mountain, Green Mountain

Features:

  • Handy, easy-to-use, accessible pocket-size - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and 11" x 17" unfolded
  • Easy-folding

Map Description:

The highest mountains in the east are found north of Asheville, North Carolina, crossing the border into Tennessee. The extreme terrain has left most of this spectacular area wild and remote with only a sparse scattering of small historic mountain towns. The great two-lane roads that wind and twist through, around, and over these hills and valleys deter most commercial and tourist traffic leaving them for the motorcycle rider to enjoy. The area covered on this motorcycle ride map runs from Asheville, NC, to Johnson City, TN, in the north, to Marion, NC, in the east, and includes the roads south to Lake Lure, NC.

Even as you draw near urban Asheville, roads lead from the heart of the city to the heights of the Blue Ridge Parkway within just a few miles, snaking their way up the steep hills which surround town. It is the territory to the north of Asheville which holds some of the finest motorcycle rides-- long wonderful winding roads that make an adventure of revealing the mountains' beauty and majesty. Those who wish to stay closer to the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Interstate highways will be rewarded with the roads which course through the mountains north and south of the city, rides which take you through and around dramatic Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure.

This motorcycle ride map catalogs 400 miles of the best two-lane back roads in the area. The major highways and roads are included so you can easily reach them to build loops that will provide days and days of great motorcycle riding or avoid the four-lane routes completely on the great roads listed. This map takes great pains to steer you off the roads that carry the bulk of the traffic or pass through congested areas and get you on the roads that will keep your motorcycle cruising through the fantastic scenery and coming around the Smoky Mountains.