Coming from "Off the Mountain"
- FROM THE NORTH, EAST -- AND ONE WAY FROM THE SOUTH:
The main road into Boone from the North or East is Rt 421.
See Map of Northwest NC for
how 421 connects to I-77 and I-40.
- ANOTHER WAY FROM THE SOUTH:
You can also come up Rt 321 from the south, especially if you
are coming from Atlanta... If your trip takes you through Charlotte,
though, it is easier to continue up I-77 from Charlotte and take
421 into Boone.
See Map of Northwest NC for
how 321 connects to I-85 and I-40.
- FROM THE WEST:
From the west it can be complicated. The map makes it look like 421
works, and it does, but it is VERY twisty -- full of switchbacks.
It is much better to go through Johnson City and pick up 321 there.
321 is twisty, too, but not as bad as 421.
There is a much straighter route from Johnson City -- which is longer
in mileage than taking
321 all of the way to Boone,
b
ut the same in time without the "scenic" trip around
Watauga Lake. (Watauga Lake is pretty, but if you get stuck behind
a lumber truck, you will drive very slow...) This straighter route
involves picking up 19E in Elizabethton (actually 19E and 321 run
together for a while, then 321 turns off to the left to go towards
Watauga Lake and 19E goes straight). See the directions from
the
tri-cities airport for this route,
picking up with step 4 on that list in Elizabethton.
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