We drove seven miles up 2,000’ to the Pisgah Inn today to have lunch and generally check the place out because we have heard so much about it since we arrived here. The Pisgah Inn is located at milepost 408 on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 0 is at Front Royal VA). Asheville NC is only 30 miles from here.
All this land, as far as the eye can see, used to belong to the Vanderbilts of the Biltmore. The photo, taken at 5,000 feet altitude, shows a beautiful haze over the mountain ranges.
The other photo is a stained glass version of the Pisgah Inn logo which hangs in the vestibule of the restaurant.
The brochure asks that you “discover our little piece of paradise, high above the heat, the hustle and bustle and the trappings of civilization.”
“We promise you an unforgettable and relaxing experience.”
Lois and I will most likely visit this place often in the next eight weeks. However, we wondered about the name -- Pisgah. It comes from the Bible when Moses was directed to view the Promised Land [Deuteronomy 4:49 "under the slopes of Pisgah" and Numbers 23:14 "to the top of Pisgah."]
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The statement above indicating that milepost 0 is located at Front Royal VA is not quite accurate -- off by about 100 miles. The “Sky Line Drive” begins at Front Royal and runs generally South to Waynesboro VA (near Charlottesville, all in VA) where the “Blue Ridge Parkway” begins.
The Blue Ridge Parkway’s southern terminus is 60 miles south of the Pisgah Inn at milepost 470 which is about 10 miles north of Bryson City NC. If you drove from Front Royal VA to Bryson City NC on the parkways, you would advance your odometer 570 miles.
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