Ballhoot Scar Overlook - elev. 2550' (Milepost 467.0)

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	Ballhoot Scar Overlook - elev. 2550' (Milepost 467.0)

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Overlook Description

Motorists stop along this overlook to absorb all of the brilliant Fall colors. The slashes down Ballhoot Scar are remnants of the paths trees took on their way to the sawmill. The men would yell "ballhoot" as a warning before the trees tumbled down the mountain.

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Excerpt 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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