Record #:

9945

Author(s):

Siler, Leon M.

Abstract:

The U.S. Forest Service is spending more than $200,000 to improve visitor accommodations at the Pisgah National Forest's Sliding Rock. Planned improvements include new dressing and shower rooms, three layers of observation decks, and a parking lot for fifty cars. The natural waterslide, which is a few miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway, has attracted visitors for as long as anyone can remember and its popularity has recently increased many times over with the airing of a Lassie television show that featured the famous collie taking a trip down the slippery rock.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 16, Feb 1973, p17-18, il, map

Subject(s):

Pisgah National Forest