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Cherohala Skyway Visitor Center: A Dream Come True! Archived 2006-10-09 at the Wayback Machine - the building and dedication of the TN Visitor Center in Monroe County. Cherohala.com - commercial site with much good information, history, maps, and pictures. Tail of the Dragon - tips and information on driving the Cherohala
State Route 165 (SR 165) is an east to west secondary highway in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States that is 23.8 miles (38.3 km) long.It is the Tennessee portion of the Cherohala Skyway which runs through Cherokee National Forest and connects Tellico Plains with Robbinsville, North Carolina.
In 1979, NC 143 was established as a new primary route between Robbinsville and Stecoah, on already existing roads. Topography maps of Graham County in the early 1990s show an incomplete Cherohala Skyway already numbered as NC 143; however, this was not official until October 12, 1996, when NC 143 was extended to a completed Cherohala Skyway and its current western terminus at the Tennessee ...
The Cherohala Skyway— a National Scenic Byway completed in 1996— traverses the crest of the Unicoi Mountains connecting Tellico Plains, Tennessee with Robbinsville, North Carolina. The name "Unicoi" comes from the Cherokee word ᎤᏁᎦ (unega), which means "white." It refers to the low-lying clouds and fog that often drape the Southern ...
Haw Knob is located in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee and the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. The Cherohala Skyway runs along the prominence of the mountain, but the peak is only accessible via the Benton MacKaye Trail.
SR 165 (Cherohala Skyway) – Downtown, Cherokee National Forest: Southern terminus: 0.07: 0.11: Bridge over the Tellico River 20.23: 32.56: Bridge over Tellico Lake: Fort Loudoun State Park: 21.16: 34.05: Fort Loudoun Road – Fort Loudoun State Park: Access road into park: Vonore: 21.44: 34.50: Bridge over Tellico Lake: 22.1: 35.6
Cherohala Skyway: 43.0 69.2 North Carolina, Tennessee SR 165 in Tellico Plains: NC 143 in Robbinsville: September 19, 1996 (TN) June 9, 1998 (NC) Ridgetop drive in the Appalachians: Scenic [25] NSB Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway: 112.0 180.2 South Carolina I-85 west of Fair Play: SC 150 in Gaffney: June 9, 1998
Welcome centers, also commonly known as visitors' centers, visitor information centers, or tourist information centers, are buildings located at either entrances to states on major ports of entry, such as interstates or major highways, e.g. U.S. Routes or state highways, or in strategic cities within regions of a state, e.g. Southern California, Southwest Colorado, East Tennessee, or the South ...