The North Shore Road Tunnel is a never-used automobile tunnel that was a part of the once-proposed two-lane scenic byway along the north shore of Fontana Lake at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains west of Bryson City, North Carolina. Only portions of the 34.3-mile route were completed.
Hawks Nest State Park, located along the rim of the New River Gorge in central West Virginia, features breathtaking overlooks, strenuous hiking trails, an aerial tramway, jet boat rides, and a lodge with spectacular views. The park also offers a museum and a rail-to-trail.
Meadow Fork Falls is located along Meadow Fork within the New River Gorge National River in south-central West Virginia.
The Big Muskie is a former dragline excavator for the Central Ohio Coal Company near Cumberland, Ohio. All that remains of what was one of the world’s largest earth-moving machines is the bucket, now part of a park on reclaimed strip mine lands.
Big Ditch Lake is the centerpiece of the Big Ditch Lake Wildlife Management Area near Cowen, West Virginia.
Taughannock Falls State Park, just north of Ithaca, New York, features the raging 215-foot-high Taughannock Falls at its centerpiece, year-round hiking trails, and imposing views of a meandering canyon.
Cumberland Falls State Park, deep in the Appalachian foothills of southern Kentucky, features at its centerpiece, the wide and raging Cumberland Falls.
Pine Mountain State Park features breathtaking panoramic views, old growth forests, a golf course, and a nature preserve in southeast Kentucky.
The Little Shepherd Trail is a scenic mountaintop road that stretches for 38 miles along Pine Mountain in southeast Kentucky.
New River, the centerpiece of New River Gorge National River in south-central West Virginia, is among the oldest rivers on the continent. The rugged, whitewater river pounds through a 53-mile deep canyon, surrounded by 70,000 acres of ghost towns, vestiges of an industrial past, strenuous hiking trails, waterfalls, and vistas.
