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Hayes Cemetery: Blue Ridge Parkway

Stones Bear Testimony to Early Times
Stones Bear Testimony to Early Times
Region: Blue Ridge Highlands
Locality: Carroll County

Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Post 196.3
Fancy Gap, VA 24328

Visitors along the Blue Ridge Parkway often overlook the fact that the landscape they are traveling was occupied in earlier historic times. Very little has survived the passage of time of the settlers and farmers who once called this home. However, several cemeteries along the route bear mute testimony to these early dwellers and their desendents. The thirty some miles of Blue Ridge Parkway that passes through Carroll County, contains at least three marked cemeteries. At Mile Post 196.9, travelers can view three marked graves of W.H. and Hester Hayes (1895, 1908) and Bulah Edwards (1929). There are all also three graves marked by rough stones...are there others unmarked? This location is convenient for pulling off the parkway to stretch your legs, walk around, and merely mediate in the serene outdoor setting.

Hours:
Opens: 8:00 AM
Closes: 8:00 PM


Children Welcome
Pets Welcome

Telephone:
Blue Ridge Parkway, Headquarters: (828) 298-0398
Carroll County Office of Tourism: (276) 730-3100

Email:
Tourism@VisitVirginiaBlueRidgeMountains.com

Website:
www.nps.gov/blri/


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