Yahoo's intro may read like an urbanite discovers skinny dipping — but Western North Carolina made the national cut. In Yahoo's list of 10 best swimming holes, there's ...
Sliding Rock, Brevard, N.C.
Think of this angled rock face as nature's original waterslide. Smoothed by centuries of flowing water, the 60-foot boulder shoots bathers into the frigid Carolina mountain waters like they have buttered backsides. The well-known playground off Highway 276 in the heart of the Pisgah National Forest attracts everyone from local teenagers and young families to Blue Ridge Parkway road-trippers who line up to slide one-by-one into the cool 50-degree stream from Memorial Day to Labor Day. In the height of summer, lifeguards supervise the action. A word to the wise: smooth doesn't mean perfectly flat. It is a rock, after all. Throw on an old pair of shorts to keep from snagging your swimsuit.
Click link to read the full article and all 10 recommended places. Thanks to @BlakeHouseInn and @KTorva on Twitter for the heads up on the article.Read the full article
Sliding Rock, Brevard, N.C.
Think of this angled rock face as nature's original waterslide. Smoothed by centuries of flowing water, the 60-foot boulder shoots bathers into the frigid Carolina mountain waters like they have buttered backsides. The well-known playground off Highway 276 in the heart of the Pisgah National Forest attracts everyone from local teenagers and young families to Blue Ridge Parkway road-trippers who line up to slide one-by-one into the cool 50-degree stream from Memorial Day to Labor Day. In the height of summer, lifeguards supervise the action. A word to the wise: smooth doesn't mean perfectly flat. It is a rock, after all. Throw on an old pair of shorts to keep from snagging your swimsuit.
Click link to read the full article and all 10 recommended places. Thanks to @BlakeHouseInn and @KTorva on Twitter for the heads up on the article.Read the full article
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Yes! A well-deserved placement, I must say. My eight-year-olds are going sliding there day after tomorrow--with their whole Asheville Adventure Quest camp!
By Susan Andrew
06/29/2010