On Blue Ridge Parkway at the High Piney Spur Overlook (at milepost 218.6), 1.8 miles the Virginia state line, on the left when traveling south.
The knoll low on the ridge to the right boasts this celestial name. It is well known locally that hunters often sat about a night fire there while they followed the chase in the lowlands. They knew which hound held the lead by the . . . — — Map (db m104662) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway, 7 miles east of State Highway 18, on the right when traveling east.
You are looking into Basin Creek Cove. The log cabin 1500 feet below was the home of Martin and Janie Caudill and their 14 children. Martin's father, Harrison, who fathered 22 children, lived about a mile down the creek in the community of Basin . . . — — Map (db m162088) HM
Robert Lee Doughton, for whom Doughton Park is named, was born in Alleghany County, North Carolina, November 7, 1863. An original and leading advocate of the establishment and development of the Blue Ridge Parkway, he was a member of the United . . . — — Map (db m91786) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 21) just north of East Whitehead Street (State Highway 18), on the right when traveling north.
[southwest side]Coast Guard • Army • Air Force • Navy • Marine Corps ☆ Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of our Men and Women who served our Country in War and Peace ☆[northeast . . . — — Map (db m227326) WM
Near Cherry Street just east of Grayson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Crouse Park Sparta and Alleghany County have a rich heritage of music, crafts and agriculture. Crouse Park, including the Crouse House before you, was donated to the town in 1969. The Park hosts the Crouse House Pickers Monday night jam . . . — — Map (db m182942) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 232.5), 3 miles west of U.S. 21, on the left when traveling south.
The massive gray rock before you is Stone Mountain, formed about 350 million years ago from intense heat and pressure deep within the earth. Centuries of erosion uncovered the rock and sculptured it into the curious shape it is today.
At one . . . — — Map (db m140553) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 236.9), on the right when traveling south.
For thousands of years Native Americans cultivated the fertile valleys of the Blue Ridge region including North Carolina. Employing techniques such as “slash and burn” to clear small areas of forested land and fertilize the soil, the . . . — — Map (db m123230) HM