Road to Oz - By Latham

Im so glad to hear that this road has a name. My husband and I just got back from staying on Beech Mountain and could not get over this road! Everytime we took it we kept saying how awesome it was. We stayed on Beech Mountain so coming and going we did this road. GPS kept trying to reroute us 40 mins/ 20+miles around round it, we stuck to the 7miles to the cabin and only a few minutes down. There are some monster switch backs at a 13% grade. Going down wasnt bad but going up was a little scarier. It is a mostly residential area, but there's a general store, a couple pizza places and other restaurants and the ski resort. The view is gorgeous! We highly recommend not only the ride on this road but staying on Beech Mountain. The Beech Mountain police are even nice! The water pump went out on our bike and we were limping it back to the cabin when it went ka-put on the side of the mountain. Beech Mountain police came by and gave us a ride to our cabin so we could get our truck and trailer. They offered to help get us loaded or anything else we needed. Officer Jason Brown couldn't have been nicer, especially since we're probably distant relatives on my Grandmother's side. Definitely worth the ride!