Early Bird Ride to Paint Rock Falls
Saturday, May 10, 2025 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Meet at SMH-D at 7:30 AM,ready to ride. We are riding to Paint Rock Falls. We will stop on the waywhere you can get something cold to drink. The ride will be about 188 miles andis a 3 Dragon Ride. A significant rock outcropping, known as Paint Rock,can be found in Madison County very near the Tennessee border. John Strotherwrote about Paint Rock in his 1799 diary kept during his survey of the North Carolina-Tennessee boundary line: “Friday 28th. Set out very early andproceeded on the line about 4 m to the Painted rock on F. B. (French Broad)River, about 5 m below the Warm Springs; measured the height of the rock andfound it to be 107 feet 3 Inches high from the top to the base; it ratherprojects over. The face of the rock bears but few traces of its having formerlybeen painted — owing to its being smoked by pine knots and other wood from aplace at its base where Travelers have frequently camped — in the year 1790 it was not much smoked; the Pictures of some human’s — wild beasts fish & fowls were to be seen plainly made with red paint, some of them 20 & 30 feet from its base”. Bring snacks there will be no lunch stop
