by Yancey Grantham
Wetumpka Alabama has a Blue Ridge Baptist Church. It’s at the corner of Old Jasmine Hill Road and Jasmine Hill Road. I wonder if there is any jasmine around?
If you are coming up 231 from the Willow Springs area, take the Jasmine Hill Road exit, it about a mile up the road. The road will turn North as you are about half way there.
Google has the city of Blue Ridge, for which I am guessing the Blue Ridge Baptist Church was named, North on Jasmine Hill Road about a mile and a half where the road turns towards the East.
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by Yancey Grantham
Blue Ridge Dam in Arizona creates the Blue Ridge Reservoir in General Springs Canyon. The dam, which is at elevation 6720′, is at the head of Clear Creek. The top of the canyon is over 7400′ above sea level.
The road NF-751 drops almost 700 feet going down to the dam on the North side of the reservoir. NF-123 approaches the dam from across the reservoir.
The dam is to the South and East of Highway 87 which is also called NF-10. Clints Well is the closest town. The city of Little Spring is a little further to the North.
Driving directions from Flagstaff, Arizona to Blue Ridge Dam
66.5 mi – about 2 hours 4 mins
1. Head west on I-40-BL/W Santa Fe Ave toward N Humphreys St
Continue to follow I-40-BL – 0.6 mi
2. Continue on S Milton Rd – 0.9 mi
3. Turn right toward S Beulah Blvd – 449 ft
4. Turn left at S Beulah Blvd – 0.8 mi
5. Turn left at Lake Mary Rd – 53.6 mi
6. Turn left at AZ-87/CR-87 – 4.6 mi
7. Turn right at NF-751 – 5.9 mi
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by Yancey Grantham
The Blue Ridge Ski Lift is part of the Mountain High Ski Resort which is right West of Wrightwood which is in the woods.
The Blue Ridge Ski Lift was built in 1947 by Frank Springer and Tom Triol and was the second chairlift in Southern California. The ski resort was renamed from Blue Ridge Ski Resort to Mountain High in 1975.
There are two ski areas coming off of Blue Ridge now, Mountain High West and Mountain High East.
According to the Ski Wrightwood web site, Mountain High West Resort has a peak at 8,000 feet with 1000 feet of skiable vertical drop. Mountain High East Resort’s peak is a little higher on the Blue Ridge at 8,200 with 1600 feet of drop for skiing.
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