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IN D 3 23 1 I H Y S R L T S Post S L ON M U s R O C CL 6 SR TN A O 802 R C S N D 1 N H E U D H O Office L Y D R 02 ST W information helpful in planning rides, and highlights some of the points of H 18 R B H O

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State Park. Cyclists will travel through the charming downtown of Dallas, listed on the National Register of W TR U T L R O ADE ST Course N O O HWY N o Holly N

L C T S I O Library LO AIN RD u C U Gaston WE High Shoals N/A 9.7 12.1 N/A 16.5 9.9 13.6 McAd M W ST Historic Places, which includes the original Gaston County Courthouse and Gaston County Museum of Art and History. N t LA S Old Courthouse County E h W MAIN R East Gaston N 8 E R S LINE RD D Citizens Sq. R 1924 D East Gaston G 0 S Museum SPENCER High McAdenville 5.7 N/A N/A 4.1 N/A N/A N/A N/A Mount T Resource Center Fire D F VFD The museum features an 1884 Edison dynamo, the first hydroelectric power generator in the South, and the longest running ARM D L DALLAS R

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and every fourth Sunday from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (704.852.6025). Traveling south through Gastonia, cyclists will pass Sims C H COLLEGE I D D D Y U R 1448 A WOODLAWN L

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Park, once home to various minor league semi-pro baseball teams, and the newly constructed County Courthouse and R Y SR 133 T IN SR 1401 I C D M T Airfield IT D R S C A 1 C B T L 9 A

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R S L E L R 279 e O r O A Department of Social Services Buildings. Cyclists will also wind through downtown Gastonia, past restaurants, shops, and the P 6 O C r W k J V

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Christmas Day (704.853.5375). Once the boundary between the hunting grounds of the Catawba and Cherokee Indians, the peaks of A

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D SR 2000 A C T D T A AV T S VFD Fire Dept DR A T 1 A C R R SR 1402 ER n N POSTON Crowders Mountain and Kings Pinnacle were included within the State Park in 1977 and 1987 respectively. In 1803, gold was discovered L C N C 2 R City Hall M I R

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AV A E Warlick I PARK 2 b Avon/Catawba Creek Greenway 1 4 S T Rhyne Highland Technology N Kings Pinnacle. The Springs Road entrance is where the main park headquarters is located, with a ranger station, campground, a lake with A 4 Y D PARK Alternate N 1 H W Magnet School SIMS E M TUCKASEEGEE

01 161 H Elementary Woodhill A SR M P O E School P IN a H Beam Elementary Y S L N LEGION Elementary R C S PARK canoe rentals, hiking trails to Kings Mountain Pinnacle, picnic areas, and restrooms. Kings Mountain National Military Park can also be U N M E N

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R Court S BLVD E L v R A Police N C D Camp Sertoma WORTH DSS E O B 274 City V E #6 M S K House Police This east/west route connects the towns of Cherryville, High Shoals, Stanley, and Mount Holly, passing various recreational areas along the E Gaston O 00 H R S Dept O

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D e SR 1 Webb Street R Dept X M N N D T N R D County R M E 2 Carr Elementary 2 LINE E L T Y Elem IR AV O B c Library & 93 Police G N N R T A 0 T M way including the picturesque falls at High Shoals and Robert Ballard Park in Cherryville. The route traverses the gently rolling countryside Arlington A P r T JEFFERS V G A A S V D T N Gastonia A Dept 2 O N D T Catawba Heights Elementary 161 Elem MAIN ST P.O. E O W Y Community A T S N T 85 N Fire Station W A Holbrook PARK S R SR

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K D L B D W IN BLVD L O C.B. Huss Recreation Complex A T E FRANKLIN BLVD E O R Dept NC Hwy A Office RD K M S C T A T T B H Cycling & 85 MCDONALD L M C connector route to the north. In terms of attractions along the route, there are shops, stores, and restaurants in downtown Cherryville, Stanley and T E S I r S Patrol Station Chamber S City First Wesleyan B S N R

e D S FIELD Central Park V T L S Fitness H KINGS e B of Commerc e Elementary 74 29 IV S O Hall k S M E E K A E I W T IN Mount Holly for cyclists to enjoy. In downtown Cherryville, the C. Grier Beam Truck Museum chronicles the history of the Carolina Freight N York E R LI T N W R C BELMONT K A F PHARR Chapel Grove Elementary

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Corporation. The museum, which was founded in 1982 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company, is open Friday from 10:00 am – 5:00 t Y U S B E W V M R L H S S V Cramerton Middle School a T

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302 O TRACK E T IN RM S A Dallas County Park N O exhibits, highlighting the discovery of the large leafed magnolia tree by the famed French botanist Andre Michaux in 1785. The museum is only N A D N R/ R

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74 N S D SR 23 8 74 W L L A N r A P ST P SR I T 2 D D E O N 12 K 1 CHI I L e L 7 East Park E SR AR L Gastonia Fire H This north/south route, at the western edge of the county, passes through Cherryville and Bessemer City ending at Crowders Mountain State R E R S

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a store, as well as, another old textile mill getting a second lease on life as condominium housing. Cramerton too, offers a store downtown on Eighth A R I

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N U O 1 4 centers in both towns. As you leave the small, yet active, downtown of McAdenville with its shops and a restaurant, you cross the South Fork River. As C D King's H 5 Y S R 1 SR 2 S A A Pharr Park Pinnacle W R I 6 P D C you approach Cramerton, you go back across the river and into downtown. Near the end of the route, at the C.B. Huss Recreation Complex, which S D 2 E P O W 1 SR H R L IN E O Phillips Park R L L IT

T T S O includes a pool, there is an old textile mill that has been refurbished as condominiums. This is another example of a number of revitalization projects N A L 2 SR 1 G E 444 R A P N L

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around the county turning the historic mills of the past into useable space. 10 L TA T D V S R E S D 4 IN A R. M. Thompson Park

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r C 273 SR 2 H 1 O N VFD S o M cyclists access to the cross-state Piedmont Spur Route, which runs approximately 5 miles to the north, in Lincoln County. C Springs M C S H SR N Robinson Elementary N E r R P I w D W b Lake A a 2416 O W U R SR 1 B I F E R e SR 1 Y t H M O Rodden Park d N R a o 102 e a C I R L SR U C O Bess r e S L w H I 2 1 k k K W Schiele Museum Nature Trail Elementary O r 1 0 SR 1 W 1 D Avon/Catawba Creek Greenway 6 P 1 R b Y E s L T L R E I a Sims Park S R N E 274 E P C

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H SR T High Shoals - Crowders Mtn. McAdenville - Cramerton Major Roads A Note of Caution

Colleges & Hospitals U E AR G Universities N P M N IO O ST R O Railroads N H The highlighted bicycle routes shown on this map follow roads of the 2 2 Miscellaneous R EW D N North Carolina highway system. These roads do not include any special High Traffic Areas Dirt Roads Points of Interest N Cherryville - Mount Holly S County Boundaries accommodations for bicycles such as paved shoulders or designated YORK C Campgrounds OUNTY 279 bike lanes. Care has been taken to select more lightly traveled 3 Interstate Highways W E SOU 3 85 City Boundaries TH Bicycle Shops CAROLINA roads. In a few places, however, short sections of busier roads are Unsigned Connector Cherryville - Crowders Mtn. 74 United States Highways Streams used to make connections where no other options exist. These areas Full Service Areas S are marked with “Share the Road” signs, like the one shown here, to Lakes alert motorist to the presence of cyclists on the road. The Gaston 4 274 State Highways R Restaurants Scale Avon/Catawba Creek 0 1/2 1 2 Miles 3 SHARE County bike routes are not intended for use by children, as their ability Belmont - Cramerton Recreational Greenway Parks/Golf Courses Stores to judge traffic conditions and driver actions is not well developed. S 0 1 2 3 4 Kilometers THE ROAD