Greensboro, N.C.
Visited: October 31, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 277 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of a bloody March 15, 1781 Revolutionary War battle won by the British forces commanded by General Cornwallis.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Battlefield endangerment purists probably won’t like it here because much of the Battleground lays outside the Park boundaries, victims of development. There are also [...]
Archive for October, 2005
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, City Park, North Carolina, Revolutionary War on October 31, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Blue Ridge Parkway
Posted in Parkway, tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, Parkway, Scenic Drives, Virginia on October 30, 2005 | 1 Comment »
stretches from Shenandoah NP, Va. to Great Smoky Mountains NP, Tenn.
Visited: October 30, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 276 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
469 miles of two-lane road that follows the Appalachian Mountain ridgeline, each mile more breathtaking than the last.
BEAUTY (10/10)
The Parkway rides the long, bumpy spine of the Appalachians, roller-coastering its way above [...]
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Middlesboro, Ky.
Visited: October 29, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 274 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Mountain crossing where hundreds of thousands of pioneers from 1775 to 1810 crossed the Appalachians and into the unknown frontier.
BEAUTY (7/10)
Present-day westward travelers no longer take U.S. Route 25A over the Cumberland Gap. In 1996, a tunnel was built that burrows [...]
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
near Oneida, Tenn. and Stearns, Ky.
Visited: October 28, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 273 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Over 125,000 acres of Cumberland Plateau coal country. The Park is largely a reclamation of lands completely stripped by large-scale mining that are now blossoming with new trees, recovering waters and oodles of outdoor recreational opportunities.
BEAUTY (4/10)
We were disappointed [...]
Obed Wild and Scenic River
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Wartburg, Tenn.
Visited: October 28, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 272 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
The Obed WSR protects a few dozen miles of some of the last free-flowing water left in Tennessee.
BEAUTY (7/10)
The scenery was a lot more beautiful than we had ever imagined. The Clear Creek and Obed River have cut gentle 500-foot gorges in [...]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Appalachia, Black Bears, Blue Ridge Mountains, Crowded Parks, Hiking, North Carolina, Tennessee, World Heritage Site on October 26, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Visited: October 26, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 271 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Wonderfully vast and diverse Appalachian mountain park that boasts over 500,000 acres and more plant species than the continent of Europe. This wilderness playground is home to many superlatives including our most visited National Park and our most polluted.
BEAUTY (10/10)
Newfound Gap Road, [...]
Cowpens National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield, tagged Battlefield, Pole Vault, Revolutionary War, The Patriot on October 24, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Chesnee, S.C.
Visited: October 24, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 269 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of a flat, frontier pasture where, on January 17, 1781, the Continental Army led by General Daniel Morgan soundly defeated the proud British Legion led by General Banastre “Bloody” Tarleton.
BEAUTY (4/10)
The historic dirt road remains of the Green River [...]
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Posted in National Battlefield Park, tagged Appalachia, Battlefield, Loyalists, Revolutionary War, South Carolina on October 24, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Blacksburg, S.C.
Visited: October 24, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 268 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of an important Revolutionary War battle where, on October 7, 1780, a ragtag force of Scots-Irish Appalachian mountain men obliterated the Loyalist battalion led by flashy British Maj. Patrick Ferguson.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Kings Mountain NMP stands at the eastern edge of the [...]
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Earthworks, Engineering, Revolutionary War, Siege, South Carolina, Thaddeus Kosciuszko on October 23, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Greenwood, S.C.
Visited: October 23, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 267 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Site of, on November 19, 1775, the first major land-based Revolutionary War battle south of New England as well as, in June of 1781, the War’s longest siege.
BEAUTY (6/10)
It would be difficult to imagine a more pleasant historical stroll than [...]
