Highway US 421 ★ Driving Through Wilkes County, North Carolina
This part of our scenic driving video road trip takes the journey through Wilkesboro and Wilkes County, NC to tour North Carolina's mountain region, up highway US 421 eastward.
From Wikipedia:
West of Winston-Salem and its final interchange with I-40, US 421 continues as a freeway towards Yadkinville and Wilkesboro. When the highway nears North Wilkesboro, the highway passes North Wilkesboro Speedway (access via exit 282); there is also a visitor center built in 2009 as the state's first environmentally friendly rest area, located at mile marker 283. As US 421 enters Wilkesboro city limits, it downgrades to an expressway with various stores and restaurants along it.
As it leaves Wilkesboro, US 421 begins a gradual climb in elevation, until approximately five miles (8.0 km) from Deep Gap, where it climbs up the steep escarpment along the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Access to the Blue Ridge Parkway is located at Deep Gap, as US 421 continues on towards Boone.
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Timesstamps:
00:00 Wilkesboro, NC
00:53 Highway US 421 North Wilkesboro, NC
02:37 Highway US 421 Wilkes County, NC
