Dangit! I was supposed to be the first one to know about the Dragon! lol
Klasse Act what specific date are you coming down? I live in Englewood, TN which is about 30 minutes away from the beginning of Cherohala in Tellico. If you're coming down the 13th and 14th, I may make the trip up to meet yall.
I definitely love Cherohala and The Dragon. Only bad thing is the cops! Luckily last time I went, we saw two cops at the very end of the Dragon so it was wide open the whole way up....well as wide open as you can be on it lol. The Dragon is more slow, tight, technical curves (2nd and 3rd gear in my Mustang). Cherohala will be more fast, sweeping curves (3rd, 4th, and 5th gear).
You can copy and paste this link into google and it will show you the primary part of the Dragon. Geez this makes me wanna go right now and it's 12:47 a.m.
US-129 N to US-129 N/State Hwy 115 - Google Maps
Attached are pictures from The Dragon and Cherohala Skyway. I couldn't find any pictures to do Cherohala justice. Once you stop at some of the overlooks and take in some of the scenery, it's just absolutely gorgeous.
The first 4 pictures with my car is on The Dragon. The fifth and sixth pictures are some of Cherohala I found on the internet. 7th - 9th are of The Dragon, 10th is Cherohala in the Winter, and 11-13th is The Dragon. Cherohala is just gorgeous year round. I honestly have never seen anything more beautiful in Winter. You can go to facebook and check out Killboy.com. He is a photographer on The Dragon and takes TONS of pictures!
Everybody should make the trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah you should expect a trip to take about 6 hours or more depending on how many runs you make up and down The Dragon and Cherohala. If you guys have any questions, just let me know. I'll try to keep up with this thread, but I may forget :doh: