This cache isn't in the prettiest area of town, but it is very
close to one of my favorite views from town. It's not the safest
thing to do, but I usually find myself stealing a glance north as I
drive over the bridge nearest to this cache. The cache is named
"Blue View" because, when the weather is right, the Blue Ridge
Mountains can be clearly seen from the bridge. When the weather
isn't as cooperative, you can only see the blue haze in the
distance.
This cache should be a pretty simple park and grab. It is on a
busy street and may be in view of a business, so look around and be
stealthy before grabbing this one. Due to the close proximity to
traffic, you will want to watch your kids if you cache with them.
After grabbing the cache, you may want to check out the view from
the nearby bridge.
So, on a clear day, what are you looking at from this area?
Sauratown Mountain is the nearest mountain on the left. It rises
about 1300' above the plateau around it (total height is ~2300'.
The low mountain to the right of the gap is Rueben Mountain. Cook's
Wall (2300') can be seen on the next high mountain (obscured by the
tree in the picture used here). Just slightly beyond Cooks Wall,
and to the right is Moore's Knob (~2500'). The higher mountains are
about 18 miles away from this point.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are visible further back through the
gap between the larger mountains. From this point they are about 37
miles away. Stuart, Virginia lies at the base of the Blue Ridge
beyond the right of the opening between the nearer mountains, and
Meadows of Dan lies a few miles beyond the ridge. In this area, the
Dan River drops out of the Virginia Mountains for its brief run
through North Carolina. It actually flows to a few miles southeast
of Moore's Knob before turning back toward Virginia.
There is an unactivated generic micro geocoin as a FTF prize in
the cache container.