Crabtree Falls Recreation Area: Cultural Landscape Report, Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park Service
Sand County Studios. 2017. Crabtree Falls Recreation Area: Cultural Landscape Report, Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Reports. Report Series-2180645. NPS Cultural Landscapes Program. Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service
The purpose of the Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for Crabtree Falls Recreation Area is to provide an assessment of the cultural landscape and character-defining features and to provide treatment recommendations in an effort to ensure the preservation of these significant resources. Crabtree Falls Recreation Area is a component landscape of Blue Ridge Parkway, which occupies 88,000 acres of land within Virginia and North Carolina. The primary activities are recreational driving, sightseeing, and hiking, but the Parkway also provides naturalist walks and talks, self-guided nature trails, roadside exhibits, picnicking, and camping. Crabtree Falls Recreation Area is located along the Blue Ridge Parkway between Mileposts 339 and 341 in Yancey County, North Carolina. The Crabtree Falls Recreation Area includes two sites— the original campground site located on the west side of the Parkway, and a more recent picnic area just south of the campground on the east side of the Parkway. Crabtree Falls is one of eighteen recreation areas along the Parkway, which is one of the most highly visited unit in the National Park Service (NPS). The study area for the CLR includes both sites of the recreation area and the 2-mile stretch of the Parkway road between the two.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sand County Studios
- Date of Issue
- 2017
- Publisher
- NPS Cultural Landscapes Program
- Units
- BLRI
- Keywords
- Blue Ridge Parkway, Crabtree Falls, Crabtree Falls Recreation Area, Crabtree Meadows, Mission 66, New Deal
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 550135: Crabtree Meadows