80.0 - Black Rock Hill parking widening.
81.9 - Headforemost parking widening, elev. 2861. Fountain.

Mile 83.4 - Fallingwater Cascades

Fallingwater Cascades can be seen along a 1.6-mile loop trail.

83.5 - Vilkinson Gap, elev. 2511.
83.6 - Flat Top Mountain Trail parking area, elev. 2610. Trail to Flat Top Mountain, elev. 4001.
85.5 - Polly Woods' Ordinary.

85.65 - Peaks of Otter

No one knows for certain when the first vistors came to the Peaks of Otter. For more than 8,000 years people have traveled through the area searching for both their livelihood and recreation. Native Americans passed through the area while hunting, and the earliest European settlers began arriving in the mid-1700's. By 1834 the first inn had opened, and by the turn of the century the Peaks of Otter had become a popular tourest destination.

Today the Peaks of Otter is still a major developed area on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The motor road follows the creast of the ridge into the Peaks area, where Highway 43 joins the Parkway from Bedford. In the valley formed by Sharp Top, Flat Top and Harkening Hill, the area has a lodge and restaurant, vistor center, campground, picnic area and historic farm. The mountains all have trails ranging from less than a mile to more than foru miles, and there is nearby access to the 2,144 mile Appalachian Trail. In addition, the area is almost totally surrounded by the Jefferson National Forest, which only adds to its appeal as a destination for Parkway visitors. There is also a 24-acre lake located in the front of the lodge where anyone with a valid Notrh carolina or Virginia fishing license can fish.

Peaks of Otter Lodge

A sixty-four room lodge and restraurant, the Peaks of Otter Lodge continues a long tradition of providing rooms and meals for travelers. The lodge is open year round, with reservations required during hoilidays and the fall color season.

85.89 - Cemetery.

85.9 - Peaks of Otter Visitor Center

Ranger office, service station, amphitheatre, self-guiding Elk Run Trail and trail to Hearkening Hill, trail to Johnson farm group Peaks of Otter, elev. 2535(left). Camp store; restrooms; bus station for trips up Sharp Top Mountain (elev. 3875); trail to Sharp Top Mountain, Va. 43; campground, 80 tent sites, 62 trailer sites; Little Stony picnic area, 62 sites.

89.1 - Powell's Gap, elev. 1916.
89.4 - Upper Goose Creek parking overlook, elev. 1925.
90.0 - Porters Mountain parking overlook, elev. 2102.
90.9 - Bearwallow Gap, elev. 2258. Va. 695, left to U.S. 460. Va. 43, right S mi. to Buchanan.
91.8 - Mills Gap parking widening, elev. 2432.
91.9 - Mills Gap, elev. 2425.
92.2 - Purgatory Mountain parking widening, elev. 2415.
92.6 - Sharp Top parking widening, elev. 2415.
93.1 - Bobblets Gap parking overlook, elev. 2418. Bobblet Cemetery.
93.2 - Bobblets Gap. Va. 617; no access.
94.1 - U.S.F.S. Hammond Trail.
95.2 - Pine Trees parking overlook, elev. 2490.
95.3 - Harveys Knob parking overlook, elev. 2524.
95.9 - Montvale parking overlook, elev. 2441.
96.6 - Iron Mine Hollow parking widening, elev. 2365.
96.9 - Taylor Mountain parking overlook, elev. 2340.
97.6 - Black Horse Gap, elev. 2402.
99.6 - Great Valley parking overlook, elev. 2493.
100.9 - The Quarry parking overlook, elev. 2170.
101.5 - Curry Gap, elev. 1985.
104.4 - Va. 652; no access.
104.8 - Va. 657; no access.
105.0 - U.S. 460, accommodation folder rack. Leaflets and bulletins.
105.8 - U.S. 460, right 9 mi. to Roanoke; left 20 mi. to Bedford.
107.5 - Va. 738; no access.
107.6 - GladeCreek.
107.7 - Va. 685; no access.
108.4 - Va. 604; no access.

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