A taste of the Appalachians via 25, 208, 321, 19

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State: North Carolina
Date Submitted: November 1, 2003
Submitted by: "BMR Dude"
Motorcycle Road Length: 145 Miles

Written Directions

Head East out of Newport, TN on highway 25, go until it "T's", turn North on 208, follow it until it intersects 321 in Greeneville. Turn right (east) on 321 and take it all the way to Johnson City. At Johnson City, take a right (south) on to US HWY 19 (towards Asheville). Take this south all the way over the TN/NC border and into NC. About 10 miles after you cross the border in Mars Hill, take a left on to 19 East and take this all the way to the routes end at Burnsville NC.

*If you want to continue seeing the nice stuff, continue on 19 till you get to 80. Take a right on to 80 (south) and this will take you down to the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway.

Scenery

This route is located very close to the Smokey Mountain National Park. However, it will offer some of the same breathtaking beauty of the park with out the traffic and congestion. You'll drive in some beautiful lush mountain scenery and will not be disappointed by the surroundings.

Road Quality

Found these roads a couple of years ago while riding the area. Beautiful scenery, minimal traffic if any, wide variety of very tight curves and sweepers

Roadside Amenities

Take this route for the scenery and twisty roads not the "roadside amenities" as there really isn't much to do along the way in terms of attractions and such. Be sure to fuel-up in Newport....next fuel is not until Burnsville.

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Reviewed by Guest on July 24, 2009 (0 out of 0 members found this review useful.)
Creator: pathfinder
motorcycle_year: 1982
motorcycle_make: Honda
motorcycle_type: Sport-Touring
Comment: They must have had thier eyes closed on this trip this to say there is no fuel between New Port and Burnsville following this route. Both Greenville and Johnson City are nice size towns with gas stations on about every corner. I have run these roads for 40 years.
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