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Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap
Legendary 11-mile mountain road with 318 curves straddling the Tennessee-North Carolina border, a mecca for sports car and motorcycle enthusiasts.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Tennessee, United States · North America
Lenoir City sits on the route: 20 minutes from Loudon, 54km from Cherohala Skyway.
Lenoir City is a town located in Tennessee, United States. With a population of 9,091, it is an important destination in North America.
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The Lenoir Cotton Mill was a 19th-century cotton mill located in the U.S. city of Lenoir City, Tennessee. One of the earliest examples of industrial architecture in Tennessee, the mill operated variously from its construction around 1830 until the 1950s. The mill was documented by the Historic American BuildingsRead more
Survey and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. Efforts to restore the mill began in 1980, but before the restoration could be completed, the mill was destroyed by arson in 1991.
The Lenoir Cotton Mill was one of several enterprises established by early settler and entrepreneur William Ballard Lenoir (1775–1852). Lenoir moved to the area in 1810 after his father, General William Lenoir, deeded to him the 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) tract of land comprising what is now Lenoir City. The younger Lenoir established the Lenoir Manufacturing Company in 1817, which engaged in multiple agricultural and industrial enterprises throughout the 19th century. The cotton mill was completed in the early 1830s and gradually expanded in subsequent decades. During the U.S. Civil War, Union soldiers destroyed parts of the estate of the Confederate-leaning Lenoir family, but spared the mill due to William Ballard Lenoir's son Benjamin's Mason affiliations. After the Lenoir family sold the mill in the 1890s, it operated variously as a hosiery mill and later as a flour mill.
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Lenoir City is located in Tennessee, United States, North America. The coordinates are 35.7973 latitude, -84.2560 longitude.
Lenoir City has a population of approximately 9,091 people, making it a town in United States.
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Full driving guide for United States6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Legendary 11-mile mountain road with 318 curves straddling the Tennessee-North Carolina border, a mecca for sports car and motorcycle enthusiasts.
47 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Pull-off points along the legendary 318-curve, 11-mile stretch of US-129, one of America's most thrilling driving roads.
48 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A broad, verdant valley in the Great Smoky Mountains with an 11-mile loop road passing historic homesteads, churches, and abundant wildlife.
49 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
The home base of the Tail of the Dragon, America's most famous motorcycle road: where riders gather before and after tackling 318 curves in 11 miles.
49 km · about 55 min drive
famous road
A 43-mile National Scenic Byway soaring above 5,000 ft between Tellico Plains, TN and Robbinsville, NC: the sweeping, uncrowded sister drive to the nearby Tail of the Dragon.
54 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
NC Highway 28 from Deals Gap past Fontana Dam: a flowing, forest-lined driver's road steeped in moonshine-running lore, forming the classic loop with the Tail of the Dragon.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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