Directions to C-Lab
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:48 pmI wind up compiling, typing and giving out directions to here fairly often, so I figured out it might be easiest to do that once, here instead. So, here's how to get to C-Lab (Doug's place) once you get in the neighborhood.
Address is
297 Reed Hill Rd NW,
Floyd, VA 24091
763-3253
The main road into Floyd, from our POV is route 8. I'll assume you're coming towards Floyd from either Cburg, Bburg, or rt 81. So, head towards Floyd on Rt 8. Partway there, you'll pass through the little town of Riner, which is where I zeroed my odometer for this. I frequent Riner Food Center (hint, try the turkey and bacon sub with onions, green peppers, lettuce, mayo, mushrooms and pepperoni -- it's really good). And here's what it looks like from the parking lot, you'd see it on your right coming down route 8.
Don't forget to zero the OD-- your mileage may vary, but a couple of the turns are hard to find without knowing when to look.
Continue down Rt 8 till you see the bridge to Floyd, at 4.8 miles, shown below. It's the only concrete on Rt 8.
When your OD says 6.1, you should see route 750 (also called Alum Ridge road) which only goes off to the right, turn on that.
You'll go around five miles on this (fun views and twists and turns) until you see this (below) which is 740, or White Rock road. Note it doglegs where it crosses 750, and you want to turn right (and up and back) here. At this point my OD said 11.3
Go on this road (also some nice views and some steep down hills) till the OD says 14.7, and turn right at the pine tree shown below. That's my road. This is also the plan B place to park, at the church if the roads are icy and you don't want to try my little hill with the ditch and cliff on either side of the turn. Let me know and I can meet you up there and bring you on down.
Go about 1/4 mile till OD says 15.0, and you're here, I'm on the left in the barn type building with the solar panels. The one just past me is my old home, also with panels. After that, you'd go down Reed hill, not to be tried without 4wd (or pretty good skill, torque and tires), they named it after the hill for a reason.
I give the rt numbers as those are pretty well labeled and consistent. In Floyd, the names are known to change along the length of the same road, so beware. Also beware -- 739 (or something labeled that) also crosses 750 part way to 740 -- don't do that, it's not a fun way to get here, and requires turning at an unmarked "T" in the road to stay on the way to me. That's Floyd for you.
In that case, you have to notice that as you go across the top of this Tee -- instead of going straight, you have to turn down a leg to stay on the same road! (so don't do this).
Address is
297 Reed Hill Rd NW,
Floyd, VA 24091
763-3253
The main road into Floyd, from our POV is route 8. I'll assume you're coming towards Floyd from either Cburg, Bburg, or rt 81. So, head towards Floyd on Rt 8. Partway there, you'll pass through the little town of Riner, which is where I zeroed my odometer for this. I frequent Riner Food Center (hint, try the turkey and bacon sub with onions, green peppers, lettuce, mayo, mushrooms and pepperoni -- it's really good). And here's what it looks like from the parking lot, you'd see it on your right coming down route 8.
- Riner Food Center -- zero odometer
Don't forget to zero the OD-- your mileage may vary, but a couple of the turns are hard to find without knowing when to look.
Continue down Rt 8 till you see the bridge to Floyd, at 4.8 miles, shown below. It's the only concrete on Rt 8.
- Bridge landmark, ignore signs on how far it is to *town* of Floyd, I'm way before that.
When your OD says 6.1, you should see route 750 (also called Alum Ridge road) which only goes off to the right, turn on that.
- Turn off 8 on this road, 750
You'll go around five miles on this (fun views and twists and turns) until you see this (below) which is 740, or White Rock road. Note it doglegs where it crosses 750, and you want to turn right (and up and back) here. At this point my OD said 11.3
- 740, hard to see if you're not paying attention.
Go on this road (also some nice views and some steep down hills) till the OD says 14.7, and turn right at the pine tree shown below. That's my road. This is also the plan B place to park, at the church if the roads are icy and you don't want to try my little hill with the ditch and cliff on either side of the turn. Let me know and I can meet you up there and bring you on down.
- 739, Reed Hill Rd
Go about 1/4 mile till OD says 15.0, and you're here, I'm on the left in the barn type building with the solar panels. The one just past me is my old home, also with panels. After that, you'd go down Reed hill, not to be tried without 4wd (or pretty good skill, torque and tires), they named it after the hill for a reason.
- Here's where I hang out
I give the rt numbers as those are pretty well labeled and consistent. In Floyd, the names are known to change along the length of the same road, so beware. Also beware -- 739 (or something labeled that) also crosses 750 part way to 740 -- don't do that, it's not a fun way to get here, and requires turning at an unmarked "T" in the road to stay on the way to me. That's Floyd for you.
In that case, you have to notice that as you go across the top of this Tee -- instead of going straight, you have to turn down a leg to stay on the same road! (so don't do this).