Mapping Scenic Routes in Virginia
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Mapping Scenic Routes in Virginia
We'll be driving around Virginia in July and as we're from the UK I've been using MapQuest to plot our route.
This is fine for when we want to get from A to B as quickly as possible but some-times I'd like to take a scenic route.
Does anyone know of any internet mapping sites that would provide me with a more relaxed,scenic driving route?
Thanks
This is fine for when we want to get from A to B as quickly as possible but some-times I'd like to take a scenic route.
Does anyone know of any internet mapping sites that would provide me with a more relaxed,scenic driving route?
Thanks
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May I suggest you get some good road maps of the state and plot your travels using that. Try to stay off the Interstate Highways as much as possible. Most online mapping services don't really take into consideration the slow but scenic drives between different points when plotting a journey..
http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/map1.htm
http://www.nps.gov/state/va/
http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/map1.htm
http://www.nps.gov/state/va/
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Well, by golly, google and see what you can find!
http://www.virginiadot.org/programs/...ways-sites.asp
http://www.virginiadot.org/programs/...ways-sites.asp
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Google the state tourist office in Richmond and request a state highway map, a civil war battlefield map and a Virginia by-way map. The byways are the rural and scenic roads. Many of them will be parallel to the interstates. Route 11 in the Shenandoah Valley for example is parallel to I-81.