Road To Nowhere

The Road To Nowhere starts on Lakeview Drive in Bryson City NC (Great Smokey Mountains National Park). Make sure to pull off at one of the lookout points for a breathtaking view of Lake Fantana.

Six miles in and the road ends at this 1200 ft man made tunnel.

We got about a third of the way in and was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

This is the story of The Road To Nowhere, "A Broken Promise". Back in the 30's & 40's the government and TVA  was busy busy busy making plans and flooding valleys. One of the promises made here to the displaced families was that a road would be made providing access to the old family cemeteries where generations of ancestors had lived, died and were buried. By 1969, 6 miles were completed before the project was abandoned. All is good though now. The county got $52 million buckaroos in 2010 and the rest of us got a fabulous place to spend an afternoon hiking and letterboxing!