Clairmont Drive - Druid Hills Historic District Walking or Driving Tour

Clairmont Drive – Druid Hills Historic District Walking or Driving Tour

Clairmont Drive – Druid Hills Historic District Walking or Driving Tour Starting from the log cabin on Meadowbrook Terrace, go left. Take the right fork, up the hill on Clairmont Drive. The historic neighborhood doesn’t start until the corner, but two of my favorite houses are not quite in the neighborhood. Odd numbers are on…

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Saluda and the Saluda Grade – Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin

Saluda and the Saluda Grade

Saluda is a little town down the mountain from us. It is at the top of the Saluda Grade. The Saluda Grade was the steepest main line standard-gauge railway line in the United States. It is a beautiful drive from Hendersonville to Saluda and then down to Tryon. Saluda Today Saluda today does not look…

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Blue Ridge Parkway near Meadowbrook Log Cabin

Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway begins in Virginia and ends at U.S. 441 near Cherokee in the in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It goes through Asheville and you can get on the Parkway in a lot of places around here. The closes entrance is only about fifteen minutes from the cabin. The speed limit is…

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