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Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
From Hendersonville, U.S. 64 crosses the Eastern Continental Divide, then follows Reedy Patch Creek down toward Bat Cave and Chimney Rock. When the wind and rain stopped on Sept. 27, the winding ...
Bluerock Mountain is a mountain in Western North Carolina, near the community of Bat Cave. It is split between Henderson and Rutherford counties, it is home of the Bat Cave Preserve and part of Chimney Rock State Park. Its elevation reaches 2,835 feet (864 m). The mountain is flanked by the Broad River to its north and Reedypatch Creek [2] to ...
Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.Named after a bat cave located on Bluerock Mountain (also known as Bat Cave Mountain), it is the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public. [4]
Not long after leaving Bat Cave, US 74A enters Rutherford County and the resort town of Chimney Rock. In this area, the road is vulnerable to flash flooding, and it was severely damaged in 1916, 1996, and 2024 by particularly extreme cases.
The key is reopening a 66-year-old bridge that carries U.S. 64 over the Rocky Broad River.
The 18-mile (29 km) stretch of NC 9 from Bat Cave north to Black Mountain has been designated as a North Carolina Scenic Highway. It is known as The Sidewinder in the motorcycle community, many scenic and curvy roads in the NC mountains have nicknames, as well. In addition to the scenery, it is a hilly and twisty route with some steep grades.
Nicole Ozmina and her family had to be airlifted out of Bat Cave community in Henderson County after the fatal floodwaters of Tropical Storm Helene.