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Grandview Overlook - elev. 3240' (Milepost 281.0)

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Overlook Description

The Yadkin Valley is the "grand view" seen below, where the beautiful mountains and valleys seem to ramble on forever. Daniel Boone loved hunting in this area and would camp near a water source. Boone's Camp Branch lies down below in the valley.
 

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Blue Ridge Parkway GuidebooksExcerpt adaptations from Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 1 (by William G. Lord), Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 2 (by William G. Lord), Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway - 3rd Edition (by Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, and Nicole Blouin). Copyright 1981 by the American Chestnut Foundation. Reprint by permission of Menasha Ridge Press.
 
 

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