{"id":2042,"date":"2019-11-26T20:04:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/?page_id=2042"},"modified":"2019-12-21T00:21:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T00:21:45","slug":"asheville-to-nashville","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/?page_id=2042","title":{"rendered":"Asheville to Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The <strong>Asheville to Nashville Ride<\/strong> is a 4 day, 1,204 mile ride starting in Atlanta, GA and ending in Nashville, TN.  The route is in parts of Georgia, Soth Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.   The tour averages 301 miles per day.&nbsp; This tour can easily be extended to allow for extra days in the National Parks for hiking and\/or sightseeing.&nbsp; The&nbsp; <strong>Asheville to Nashville<\/strong> <strong>Ride <\/strong>offers one of the most popular riding areas in North America.&nbsp;&nbsp; The ride is in and around <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grsm\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Great Smoky Mountains National Park<\/a>&nbsp;and the National Park Service parkways including parts of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/blri\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cherohala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cherohala Skyway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/natr\/index.htm\">Natches Trace Parkway <\/a>and perhaps the most famous riding road in America, Route 129 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tailofthedragon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Tail of the Dragon<\/a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;This is an action packed, technical ride with twisties and narrow roads through the mountains.  These Routes can be quite crowded during summer months making the best time to do this trip either in early May or late October to early November when there is virtually no traffic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>A Note about Google Maps.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;If you are clicking on a map link below in the winter time, many of the roads on these tours are closed. &nbsp;Google will route you around closed roads, so be aware of this issue so you don\u2019t plan a trip that excludes many of the highlighted roads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tail of The Dragon, Route 129, North Carolina-Tennessee\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80D_RkVInh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Ridge Parkway &amp; The Cherohala Skyway\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yuhJFE48bWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Atlanta,+GA\/35.0706428,-82.619981\/35.2739651,-82.7098211\/35.466313,-82.8744665\/35.1569085,-82.8300704\/35.1236829,-82.9196694\/35.2592127,-83.0267215\/35.2896129,-82.9152267\/35.387471,-82.7755525\/35.5966954,-82.559432\/@35.3267382,-83.1003454,10z\/data=!4m42!4m41!1m20!1m1!1s0x88f5045d6993098d:0x66fede2f990b630b!2m2!1d-84.3879824!2d33.7489954!3m4!1m2!1d-82.6771805!2d34.7113685!3s0x88584396237270e7:0x4952bd9a1de7a819!3m4!1m2!1d-82.7059164!2d34.8613565!3s0x88584fb3a5da8dff:0xdd73b0f41e59dbe7!3m4!1m2!1d-82.7181014!2d35.0127682!3s0x8859b2bbfd90b3f5:0x2f0555b081993663!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-83.0783788!2d35.4341522!3s0x8859720aa5818101:0x86ea892186526c07!1m0!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-82.7324863!2d35.4302232!3s0x885999fe0487122f:0x3c9dca7ae2f648c2!1m0!3e0?hl=en&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\">Day 1 Maps &amp; Directions: 388 Miles<\/a>&nbsp; Atlanta, GA to Asheville, NC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An hour and a half north of Atlanta at Northlake, South Carolina we head into the hills.<\/li><li>This is an action packed ride with some of the most fun and technical roads in the US.<\/li><li>These roads twist and turn on tight roads up and down through and onto the  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/blri\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a>   Routes 151, 215, 278, 281 are fantastic motorcycle roads.  You could spend days just in this area. <\/li><li><strong>Overnight in Asheville, TN.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Asheville,+NC\/35.4343953,-82.7301398\/35.296956,-82.9148347\/35.2992617,-82.9113172\/35.4957123,-83.1556648\/35.6859402,-83.5389528\/Townsend\/35.4445542,-84.5910991\/@35.488613,-84.6280739,11z\/data=!4m60!4m59!1m10!1m1!1s0x88598ca93c0f6f09:0x94ef31c106343a5d!2m2!1d-82.5514869!2d35.5950581!3m4!1m2!1d-82.6288348!2d35.466016!3s0x885993b5ee0585a3:0x1b62e76e72de19ee!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-82.7732545!2d35.3918138!3s0x885998534a95b601:0xc7507258cdbb5add!3m4!1m2!1d-82.8465358!2d35.3201584!3s0x8859a1a2b1b4c97d:0xac1633ab2f893351!1m0!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-83.036696!2d35.3902501!3s0x8859731fa6bb1b29:0x2cd0a84aaa95b1d6!3m4!1m2!1d-83.1168966!2d35.4593457!3s0x88596dd5d7126f61:0x76cdf15ca1184d08!1m0!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-83.6826135!2d35.6694616!3s0x885eabfd91e6e3d7:0x34b836a156392750!1m15!1m1!1s0x885ea50808c4e903:0xaaddcab824c22fb8!2m2!1d-83.7557281!2d35.6753657!3m4!1m2!1d-83.8593746!2d35.366821!3s0x885ec0d8c24eb3e3:0xf03806332122d365!3m4!1m2!1d-84.0609316!2d35.346673!3s0x885eec30bfbcac65:0xf302b158d9997d2f!1m0!3e0?hl=en&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\">Day 2 Maps &amp; Directions: 316 Miles<\/a>&nbsp; Asheville, NC to Athens, TN<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We ride The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/blri\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a> to the South Entrance in Cherokee, NC.<\/li><li>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grsm\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Great Smoky Mountains National Park<\/a> has beautiful vistas and winding mountain roads but it can be crowded on weekends, so try and plan your visit mid-week.<\/li><li>Route 129, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tailofthedragon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tail of The Dragon<\/a> on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee is a blast. \u00a0 With 318 curves in 11 miles,  this road is one turn after another through the woods. If you visit it in late October or early November, the resorts are closed and you will have the road to yourself.<\/li><li>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cherohala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cherohala Skyway<\/a>, built in 1996, is a 41 mile sister road to the Blue Ridge Parkway.<\/li><li><strong>Overnight in Athens, TN.<\/strong>    <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Athens,+TN\/35.4910323,-85.2239469\/35.6103297,-85.4523562\/35.6462176,-85.332731\/35.7738407,-85.4079623\/35.7866545,-85.612964\/35.8910385,-85.7604278\/36.0931497,-85.8301686\/36.1769945,-86.7725876\/@35.9235009,-86.1689205,9z\/data=!4m56!4m55!1m10!1m1!1s0x885e15520fa55045:0xecfe673c10054df3!2m2!1d-84.5929898!2d35.4428512!3m4!1m2!1d-85.1677064!2d35.4713957!3s0x8860bd8a56f1f179:0x4b8e4574e174f853!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-85.3299171!2d35.5437201!3s0x8860c13de6b867b5:0xf5de70472f5ca01f!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m30!3m4!1m2!1d-85.8686098!2d36.1266802!3s0x8866c16a6b3b993f:0x2a445d7c82f4ba2e!3m4!1m2!1d-85.8869766!2d36.2188138!3s0x8866ea5e585b7737:0x6ae57c4969115d30!3m4!1m2!1d-85.9521388!2d36.4719133!3s0x88668b6a39ad4d3f:0x1933c3fa9daa4bf3!3m4!1m2!1d-86.111662!2d36.4790708!3s0x88668615f215f0c5:0x2cd0781ab2e9c735!3m4!1m2!1d-86.6096014!2d36.3062915!3s0x886447323dc6ce6b:0x45e6b4aaa6cc3cf0!3m4!1m2!1d-86.6931261!2d36.2544508!3s0x886442518af3f447:0xfe84e2aa42127a1d!1m0!3e0?hl=en&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\">Day 3 Maps &amp; Directions: 25<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Athens,+TN\/35.4910323,-85.2239469\/35.6103297,-85.4523562\/35.6462176,-85.332731\/35.7738407,-85.4079623\/35.7866545,-85.612964\/35.8910385,-85.7604278\/36.0931497,-85.8301686\/36.1769945,-86.7725876\/@35.9235009,-86.1689205,9z\/data=!4m56!4m55!1m10!1m1!1s0x885e15520fa55045:0xecfe673c10054df3!2m2!1d-84.5929898!2d35.4428512!3m4!1m2!1d-85.1677064!2d35.4713957!3s0x8860bd8a56f1f179:0x4b8e4574e174f853!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-85.3299171!2d35.5437201!3s0x8860c13de6b867b5:0xf5de70472f5ca01f!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m30!3m4!1m2!1d-85.8686098!2d36.1266802!3s0x8866c16a6b3b993f:0x2a445d7c82f4ba2e!3m4!1m2!1d-85.8869766!2d36.2188138!3s0x8866ea5e585b7737:0x6ae57c4969115d30!3m4!1m2!1d-85.9521388!2d36.4719133!3s0x88668b6a39ad4d3f:0x1933c3fa9daa4bf3!3m4!1m2!1d-86.111662!2d36.4790708!3s0x88668615f215f0c5:0x2cd0781ab2e9c735!3m4!1m2!1d-86.6096014!2d36.3062915!3s0x886447323dc6ce6b:0x45e6b4aaa6cc3cf0!3m4!1m2!1d-86.6931261!2d36.2544508!3s0x886442518af3f447:0xfe84e2aa42127a1d!1m0!3e0?hl=en&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">6<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Athens,+TN\/35.4910323,-85.2239469\/35.6103297,-85.4523562\/35.6462176,-85.332731\/35.7738407,-85.4079623\/35.7866545,-85.612964\/35.8910385,-85.7604278\/36.0931497,-85.8301686\/36.1769945,-86.7725876\/@35.9235009,-86.1689205,9z\/data=!4m56!4m55!1m10!1m1!1s0x885e15520fa55045:0xecfe673c10054df3!2m2!1d-84.5929898!2d35.4428512!3m4!1m2!1d-85.1677064!2d35.4713957!3s0x8860bd8a56f1f179:0x4b8e4574e174f853!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-85.3299171!2d35.5437201!3s0x8860c13de6b867b5:0xf5de70472f5ca01f!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m30!3m4!1m2!1d-85.8686098!2d36.1266802!3s0x8866c16a6b3b993f:0x2a445d7c82f4ba2e!3m4!1m2!1d-85.8869766!2d36.2188138!3s0x8866ea5e585b7737:0x6ae57c4969115d30!3m4!1m2!1d-85.9521388!2d36.4719133!3s0x88668b6a39ad4d3f:0x1933c3fa9daa4bf3!3m4!1m2!1d-86.111662!2d36.4790708!3s0x88668615f215f0c5:0x2cd0781ab2e9c735!3m4!1m2!1d-86.6096014!2d36.3062915!3s0x886447323dc6ce6b:0x45e6b4aaa6cc3cf0!3m4!1m2!1d-86.6931261!2d36.2544508!3s0x886442518af3f447:0xfe84e2aa42127a1d!1m0!3e0?hl=en&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\"> Miles<\/a>&nbsp; Athen, TN to Nashville, TN<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A beautiful ride through rural Tennessee including <a href=\"https:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/parks\/fall-creek-falls\">Rock Island State Park<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/parks\/edgar-evins\">Edgar Evins State Park<\/a>, many farms and changing topography.<\/li><li><strong>Overnight in Nashville Tennessee.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Nashville,+TN\/Natchez+Trace+Parkway+Bridge,+Natchez+Trace+Parkway,+Franklin,+TN\/35.0087547,-87.8217929\/Franklin,+TN\/Nashville,+TN\/@34.3703345,-88.707955,12z\/data=!4m42!4m41!1m5!1m1!1s0x8864ec3213eb903d:0x7d3fb9d0a1e9daa0!2m2!1d-86.7816016!2d36.1626638!1m10!1m1!1s0x8864841806dcd45b:0xc83dd94d7e536665!2m2!1d-86.9920555!2d35.986309!3m4!1m2!1d-87.0521298!2d35.8588337!3s0x88637d47b4196031:0x6b14bd056a44d2e9!1m0!1m15!1m1!1s0x886378e0e0f94935:0xf7addba980fa8da1!2m2!1d-86.8688899!2d35.9250637!3m4!1m2!1d-86.8563223!2d36.0279013!3s0x88647cdd952be2bf:0x1df1a692c73ee23!3m4!1m2!1d-86.86173!2d36.0828633!3s0x88646302a7b1be15:0x900e6ec03dc7720a!1m5!1m1!1s0x8864ec3213eb903d:0x7d3fb9d0a1e9daa0!2m2!1d-86.7816016!2d36.1626638!3e0?hl=en&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\">Day 4 Maps &amp; Directions: 243 Miles<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;Nashville to Nashville <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/natr\/index.htm\">Nachez Trace Parkway<\/a> is 444 miles of sweepers and twisties through parts of the countryside of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.  Like the Blue Ridge Parkway, this is another amazing stretch of road that was built and managed by the National Park Service.  This day route only covers a section of the parkway to the Alabama border, but additional days could be planned to ride the entire road and many of the adjacent areas.<\/li><li>A stop in the town of Franklin offers history, good restaurants and fine shops.<\/li><li><strong>Overnight in Nashville, TN<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asheville to Nashville Ride is a 4 day, 1,204 mile ride starting in Atlanta, GA and ending in Nashville, TN. The route is in parts of Georgia, Soth Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The tour averages 301 miles per day.&nbsp; This tour can easily be extended to allow for extra days in the National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1535,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2042\/revisions\/2086"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}