Scenic Routes & BywaysT Virginia

by Judy Colbert

Overview

Scenic Routes & BywaysVirginia featuresnearlytwenty-five separate drives through the Old Dominion.An indispensable highway companion, Scenic Routes & BywaysVirginia includes full-color photos,route maps and in-depth descriptions of attractions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762786534
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/17/2013
Series:	Scenic Routes & Byways
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	511,975
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Judy Colbert's Mother, Bernice Smith Mudrick, was from the Tidewater (or Hampton Roads) area of Virginia, so she has been wandering around the state, visiting relatives and exploring the interesting and beautiful aspects of the Old Dominion. Her first book for Globe Pequot, nearly three decades ago, was Virginia Off the Beaten Path. Since then, she has written The Spa Guide, Maryland and Delaware Off the Beaten Path, Insiders' Guide to Baltimore, It Happened in Maryland, It Happened in Delaware, and the forthcoming It Happened in Arkansas. She has written numerous books for other publishers, on topic ranging from Super Bowl Trivia to Peaceful Places Washington DC to a cookbook called Chesapeake Bay Crabs.Her current goal is to leave her land-based existence and spend a year or two cruising the Seven Seas and writing about her experiences and the people she meets.

Table of Contents

Introduction x

The Scenic Routes & Byways

1 Shenandoah Valley Loop: Winchester-Luray-Strasburg-New Market 1

2 Leesburg Loop: Hunt Country & the Snickersville Pike 12

3 George Washington Memorial Parkway: Capital Views 20

4 Piedmont-Blue Ridge Vistas: Warrenton to Charlottesville 30

5 Skyline Drive: Shenandoah National Park 38

6 Highland County Barn Quilt Trail: Looking for Gorgeous Graffiti 47

7 Jefferson Heritage Trail: From Monticello to Lynchburg 55

8 Bedford Wine Trail: Sip, Sip, Hooray 64

9 Blue Ridge Parkway North: Rockfish Gap to Roanoke 72

10 Blue Ridge Parkway South: Roanoke to North Carolina 82

11 Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania Battlefields: A Civil War Tour 90

12 Northern Neck: Fredericksburg to Reedville 98

13 Eastern Shore: Maryland Line to Kiptopeke 109

14 Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: Water, Sun & Sky 123

15 Goshen Pass & Lake Moomaw: Lexington to Covington 130

16 Lee's Retreat: Petersburg to Appomattox 138

17 The Plantation Road: The Colonial James River 146

18 Colonial Parkway: Jamestown to Williamsburg to Yorktown 156

19 Over & Under Big Walker: Wytheville-Bluefield Loop 163

20 Buchanan to Blacksburg: Mountain Streams & Valley 170

21 Burke's Garden: Valley in the Sky 175

22 Breaks Interstate Park: Virginia's Grand Canyon 181

23 Abingdon-Big Stone Gap Loop: Coal Country & the Powell Valley 187

24 Mount Rogers Loop: Virginia's Subalpine High Country 194

25 Cumberland Gap: On the Trail of Daniel Boone 202

Appendix: For More Information 209

Index 219