Near Blowing Rock in Watauga County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Carriage Roads

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Carriage Roads and Trails

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

1. Carriage Roads Marker

Inscription. Flat Top Manor, once the home of textile magnate Moses H. Cone and his family, presides over the former Cone Estate—3,600 acres of forests, meadows and rolling farmlands.

Moses Cone, whose hobbies included road-building and cultivating apple trees, constructed 25 miles of carriage roads and planted prize winning apple orchards with over 75 varieties of apples on this estate.

Today the carriage roads are part of the Cone Park trail system. Please help maintain these historic carriage roads by staying on the trails.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Blue Ridge Parkway series list.

Location. 36° 8.949′ N, 81° 41.547′ W. Marker is near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, in Watauga County. It can be reached from Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 294). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Blowing Rock NC 28605, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

this marker is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the High Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Prosperous Mountain Family (a few steps from this marker); Moses Cone Estate (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Carriage Roads (approx. 0.6 miles away); L.M. Tate Show Grounds (approx. 0.9 miles away); Chetola (approx. 1.2 miles away); Religious Heritage (approx. 1.2 miles away); Medical Care (approx. 1.2 miles away); Philanthropy (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blowing Rock.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

2. Carriage Roads Marker

The Cone Home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

3. The Cone Home

The View from the steps of the Cone House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

4. The View from the steps of the Cone House

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

5. The Cone Home

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

6. The Cone Home

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

7. The Cone Home

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

8. The Cone Home

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 28, 2009

9. The Cone Home

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, August 8, 2013

10. Carriage Roads Marker

This marker is at Cone "Flat Top" Manor. There is an identical marker at Bass Lake.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,319 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on June 28, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 10. submitted on October 13, 2016, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.