re: 4th Annual Fall 2010 - Tail of the Dragon GTG - Oct. 1, 2, 3
DRIVING ROUTES FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Maps and Directions
Saturday Run...140 miles ....Mapquest Link
Fall Dragon Weekend SAT Route (Turn-by-Turn).pdf
Line up at 8:30 and start getting ready for a great day!!
Leave the lodge around 9:00 in a group (road blocked) and head for the Fontana Dam Visitors Center PHOTO SHOOT (10 minutes away)
Turn right out from the lodge onto Hwy 28
Go 3 miles from the lodge and keep left to the Fontana Dam and across the Dam.
Entrance to the parking lot is on your left.
Professional photos will be taken by US129 photos.com
They will be at the Fontana Dam from 9:30 to 11:30 for our group pics.
Leaving Fontana Dam around 11:30
Watch for Hwy 28 South when leaving Fontana Dam
It is a sharp left fork in the road at a stop sign
Follow Hwy 28 to Hwy 143 right (18 mi, approx 30 min) to Robbinsville.
Lunch in Robbinsville at Papas Pizza (buffet) McDonald's , Wendy's or Subway.
(Your pick, all within a block of each other)
An hour and a half is open for this lunch stop.
I recommend Papas Pizza (all ya can eat $7.29)
Sat 1:30 PM (regroup and leave Robbinsville)
On US129/143 north and watch for US143 fork off to the left
this will become the Cherohala Skyway (NC. hwy 143 & TN. hwy 165) 5200 ft peak.
Take Hwy 360 north right just before the town "Tellico Plains"
Follow Hwy 360 to Hwy 411/72 right
Optional Pit-Stop at Hardy's in Vonore. (Restrooms & gas available)
Continue on hwy 411/72 north to hwy 72 right back to US129 right .
(The Dragon)
Then on to Hwy 28 left and go 9 miles back to the Fontana Lodge on right.
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Danimal and a few others will be running this alternate route on Saturday
Anyone interested can join him for this run on Saturday instead of the Cherohala Loop Run. (shown above)
Driving distance is nearly the same but for those of you have attended before and are looking for something different here ya go.....click on the link below......
Driving Directions from 398 Woods Rd Fontana Dam, North Carolina to 398 Woods Rd Fontana Dam, North Carolina
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SUNDAY RUN - 179 miles ....Mapquest Link
Fall Dragon Weekend SUN Route (Turn-by-Turn).pdf
Here is another link below with a map version with directions and trip summary stats (MS Streets & Trips).
XFire Route - Dragon Run (Northern Route - 3).pdf
Start your day with a few runs on the Dragon or maybe just sleep a bit later.
Then get ready for day two of some fun mountain driving .
Line up at 10:00 and start getting ready for another great day!!
Leave Fontana Lodge around 10:30
Turnright out from the lodge onto Hwy 28 south.
Follow 28 south to the town named Franklin.
Turn left on Church st
Turn Right on Itola st
Turn left on Palmer st.
Merge left on to 441
Turn right on BIA-468
Turn left on Johnson Arch rd
Arrive in Cherokee
Lunch places are all around the small town of Cherokee.
Follow 441 North leaving Cherokee and enter the Smokey Mountain National Park.
Continue on 441 and about 32 miles through the Smokey Mountain National Park.
Turn left on TN 73 (Little River Rd) Little River Rd becomes Cades Cove rd.
Turn right on 337 and it will become 321.
Continue following 321 to the Foothills Parkway
Turn left onto the Foothills Parkway and follow it to the end at 129.
Turn left on 129 and follow it back through the Dragon to 28.
Turn left on 28 and follow 9 miles back to Fontana Lodge on right
Last edited by Valk; 09-05-2011 at 06:18 PM.