Monday, April 19, 2010

Road maps

The best road maps I've found for the Norris Lake area:

The GPS Lake Chart for Norris Lake published by Atlantic Mapping Inc. It costs $8.; order by phone, 770-426-5768.  It includes all of the north side of the lake, Powell Valley (old Middlesboro Hwy) from Jacksboro almost to Harrogate, plus the south side of the lake from Norris Dam to Tazewell.  Some of the local road names (when you do see street signs) are different from the map, but it is mostly right. 
 
The Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer published by DeLorme ($20. and often available at gas stations) is also an excellent set of maps, but again, some of the local road names are not the same as on the maps.

Google maps are also pretty good, but they don't distinguish gravel from paved roads (nor do the DeLorme maps, I am learning).

Gravel roads in Campbell/Claiborne Cos. to watch out for:  

Flat Hollow Road:  the east end (2 mile or so?) of Flat Hollow Road, just before it meets Suttons/Suttle's Ridge Rd & Dan Bean Rd., gravel but fairly hard packed & rideable.

Davis Chapel Road does NOT actually connect to Howard/Rain Forrest Rd. (Googlemaps shows it connecting.)  Instead, it bottoms out into what on the map is called Cross Creek Ln, which is a dog-infested steep gravel dead end.  Do not go there.

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