Dashboards and Saddlebags the Destination Magazine™ Issue 029 August 2013 | Page 26

Don’t Pass
This Landmark
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ltapass Orchard is on the
north side of Little Switzerland
along the Blue Ridge Parkway. If
you’ve ever been on the Parkway
I’m sure you’ve seen that big red
orchard building down the side of
the mountain, I know I have and
just kept on driving. Now that I’ve
taken the time to stop in and see
what Altapass Orchard is about,
and what goes on inside it will be
hard to ever just drive by again.

It’s not just a working orchard, The
Historic Orchard at Altapass is a
nonprofit organization dedicated
to the preservation of Appalachian
Heritage. Located on a hundred
year old apple orchard on the Blue
Ridge Parkway and the Over the
Mountain Trail, Altapass Orchard
features mountain music, historical
plays, storytelling hayrides, craft
demonstrations, butterfly and herb
& wetlands gardens, monarch raising, amazing views and old apple
trees May-Oct.
If you are on a bike I hope you have
some big saddlebags, you’ll find so
many mountain treats your bags

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will be rattling all the way home.
The same applies to your trunk or
back seat.

1025 Orchard Road
Milepost 328.3
On the Blue Ridge Parkway
828•765-9531
www.altapassorchard.com

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