Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1524
Land area (2000): 2.967364 sq. miles (7.685438 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.033767 sq. miles (0.087457 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.001131 sq. miles (7.772895 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06500
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.129663 N, 81.672566 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28605
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Blowing Rock
Wikipedia
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The observation deck at Blowing Rock.]] Blowing Rock is a rocky outcropping at the town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, above a gorge in Caldwell County, in the northwest of that state.
The prevailing wind blows through the gorge toward Blowing Rock. There, at the end of the gorge, the wind's path of least resistance is up the steep slopes surmounted by the outcropping, resulting in a nearly vertical and typically strong wind.
The legend of the Blowing Rock is that a Cherokee brave leapt from the rock into the wilderness below, only to have a gust of wind return him to his lover on top of the rock.
Blowing Rock is private property; a fee for access is payable at the adjacent souvenir shop.
The 2008 feature film Goodbye Solo features Blowing Rock in its concluding scene.
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Blowing Rock may refer to:
- The town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina
- The rocky outcropping Blowing Rock (land feature), near the town of the same name
- Blowing Rock, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Caribbean island belonging to Anguilla
Usage examples of "blowing rock".
The only women in my field of vision who lived otherwise were either the wealthy (in very short supply) who had many servants or the spinster women who taught school most of the year, then spent the penniless summers rocking on their parents' front porch or taking cheap short trips to some sight like Blowing Rock or Pilot Mountain.