Backroads of North Carolina: Your Guide to Great Day Trips & Weekend Getaways

by Kevin Adams

North Carolina is a traveler’s dream, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks’ historic lighthouses, wild  horses, and charming fishing villages; from battlegrounds of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to the “heart of motorsports”; from rolling wine country and golf courses to stately plantations and rustic settlements.  Whether you travel North Carolina for its historic treasures or natural beauty, this handy guide will help you find the Old North State’s most spectacular sites and secret treasures.  The book charts weekend adventures and day trips along back roads and scenic routes, into the state’s many mist-shrouded mountains--the Black, the Blue Ridge, and the Great Smokies--and down to its ever-changing shores.  Sumptuously illustrated, with maps and all manner of interesting detail, Backroads of North Carolina is a page-by-page pleasure, as well as a passport to the more off-beat delights of the Tar Heel State.   

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

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Reviews

[Anne Kinsey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the portions on Western NC, as I did get new ideas on enjoying those areas via different roads. However, as we get into Eastern NC, there are so many references to “antebellum” things and “plantations,” as if these things are to be enjoyed on a relaxing getaway. My husband and children are Black and so this sounds more like a house of horrors or something we’d need therapy over than a nice getaway. I was disappointed in the white perspective here. With all of the rich, beautiful, and empowering Black history in that part of the state, I wish that had been highlighted, rather than things pertaining to slavery.

[Matt Kelland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, but the Internet is more useful

[Mike Petty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not really much reading, some very nice pictures though. I'd say it's a must-have for anyone new to the state. There really is more here than one would expect, and apparently 4 years was not enough time to see it all.

[Michel · Rating 3 out of 5]

4-stars for the photos, 3-stars for the info, 2-stars for the style.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive road trips through the state. Very helpful. Some great pictures.

[Karen Davis]

For LWB IV