steveg48

Will be going next week 10/17-21 to shoot the fall foliage. Would like to stop along the way for an hour or so to shot.
Prefer non-strenuos locatiohns. Also, appreciate heads-up on how the fall foliage is shaping up this year.

Leitz Loc: Solms

You might want to consider a boat trip!

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

Not much deep water between Etlana & Brevard. Depending on what route you take, there will be lots of scenery with turnouts marked.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Brevard area is the waterfall area capitol of NC.....Just type in waterfalls NC ....
Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway....many places to stop on the BRP to shoot photo's

Rob Almeda Loc: Gaithersburg, Maryland

Google Blue Ridge Parkway. It is one of the best route for foliage, but not on the peak yet.

dsnoke Loc: North Georgia, USA

I live north of Atlanta and have shot several times around Brevard. Right now reports are that the Smokies are just beginning to show color at the higher elevations. You may be ten days or so early. If you've got the time, drive up GA 400 , then north to Vogel state park. Nice lake, waterfall and hardwoods. That route will require 6-7 hours to get to Brevard. Much faster to go I-85 to SC 11 and that way, but much less scenic. Look up Isaqueena Falls if you choose that route. See seven-oaks.net/dickspics for some examples.

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

Seeing as Interstate 95 is still closed from somewhere north of Lumberton to the SC border as is Rt. 40 your choices may be somewhat limited.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Um, he's driving from Atlanta to Brevard, so he's several hundred miles away from I-95. The hurricane didn't do *anything* West of Greensboro. Mountains are fine.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I would assume you are coming up I-85 from Atlanta and catching US 276 through Greenville. If so, there are lots of cool things to do in Greenville these days. I lived there in the 1960s – '70s. So the area where you're headed is my teenage stomping ground.

Check out the entire area within 60 miles of Brevard. TONS to do in the area.

Blue Ridge Parkway is the scenic route for viewing Fall color. It runs through the Pisgah National Forest, just North of Brevard. Looking Glass Falls are on the way.

Highlands and Cashiers are posh little towns with quaint shops, boutiques, restaurants.

Table Rock State Park is a great recreation area.

You're near Asheville, Hendersonville, and Saluda... all full of entertainment. Biltmore House in Asheville is a tour-able mansion with winery and gardens.

Brevard has a college with a great musical program.

If you are interested in square dancing, there are several places in the area where you can watch or participate.

Flat Rock Playhouse has drama.

LOTS of NC wineries are in the area. Google NC Wine if you are interested.

Caesar's Head is an interesting attraction.

There are tons of boutiques, shops, antique dealers, art galleries, and other attractions. Try Googling your favorite things to do, with a location, and you'll be inundated with hits.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

What the hell are you talking about??? Is that British humor? Brevard is in the western part of the state, a mere 6 hour drive to the coast.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Most people outside the Southeast don't understand that North Carolina is over 500 miles wide, from the mountains to the coast. We have an incredibly diverse population, and an incredibly diverse collection of ecosystems. If all you know is I-95, you don't know NC! That road is hardly a representative sample of anything... except asphalt and concrete.

You can divide our state very roughly into three distinct regions — the Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plains. There are four major population clusters. Charlotte-Concord, Gastonia (Metrolina) is the largest (about 2.5 million). Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill (Research Triangle) is next (about 2 million). The Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point) is next (about 1.7 million). Fayetteville, Lumberton, Laurinburg is next (around 600,000). About ten million people live in the state. The mountains and the Eastern coastal plains are the least populated areas.

Hurricanes typically damage the Coastal Plains regions. Hurricane Matthew is one example... Half a million folks or thereabouts lost power. Waters in rivers across the Coastal Plains continue to rise, probably peaking tomorrow.

Yet, here in the Piedmont Triad, we had just a few inches of rain, light winds, and very little damage. The mountains received some rain, too, but most areas from Western NC over to the Triad were spared the carnage along the coast. Lumberton, Kinston, and other areas "down East" bore the brunt of the rain.

dleebrick Loc: Indian Land, South Carolina

Here's a good source for foliage reports, based on citizen reports. You may be a little early for NC leaves this year.
http://www.foliagenetwork.com/index.php/foliage-reports

Ted Evans Loc: Jasper, AL

At that time of the month leaf color change
begins at highest altitude - >5000 ft so
go to entrance of Blue Ridge Parkway near
Cherokee NC. Drive up it to Asheville and
then up to Boone. This will give you the
greatest color the week you plan to be
there.
ted evans

hcmcdole

I'd skip I-85 and go I-75 to I-575 and on to Zell Miller PKWY towards Blue Ridge, GA and on to Murphy, NC. From there you have several routes through the mountains of western NC (Nantahala Gorge is our favorite route while other people like going across Toxaway Mountain between Cashiers and Brevard - a bit twisty and high). Of course these are longer ways to go but much more picturesque and less stressful than the interstates IMO.

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

The Hartsfield/Atlanta airport is located on Southern part of the metro Atlanta area. Your a good deal of your driving time will be navigating the traffic and getting outside of of I-285 (I-285 forms a large circle touching I-75, I-85, and I-20. One thing as a reminder and others might have mentioned your timing, some friends in Ellijay and the Blueridge GA area are saying that the foliage is now beginning to change. You should still be able to find enough scenery to satisfy you foliage yearnings. One place you might want to add is the Highland, NC area, also and Cashiers is just a short drive to another scenic area. Getting started on that trip is easy, follow I-75 North of course, the I-85 route might be a few miles shorter.