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peej23 · 07-09-2007, 10:20 AM

What is the easiest driving route? Mapquest gives me a route with 10000 turns on small roads when I search the shortest route, I am thinking this isn't the fastest way. Any sugestions?
Thanks

Toytek8 · 07-09-2007, 01:25 PM

Take 75 to sweetwater.turn left onto 68.Follow all the way through Tellico Plains .After about a hundred curves past TP if you watch close you will
see a small rural rd called Runnion Road on left,follow that until dead ends into hwy 294.Turn left.Follow that until deadends into hwy64 turn left follow to Murphy.If you miss Runnion rd 68 will still come into 294.Only other route I
know is 75 to Cleveland and up 64 which is alot farther and you have to come up the gourge.This is the fastest trust me it has taken me to Jellico
a hundred times.
Jeff

Offrhoder4x4 · 07-09-2007, 03:17 PM

Or run 75S down to Cleveland, hit 64E for a straight shot to Murphy. Hang a left on 19 at the McDonalds and it will take you into downtown.

64 will take you through the park along the Ocoee river, but semis and motorhomes take that route all the time.

Just as fast as the shot through Tellico Plains and more scenic.

McCracken · 07-09-2007, 03:38 PM

Lord, I wish I had seen this before this past weekend. I fuct up big time and ended up on Deal's Gap pissing off all the bikes off. I also wore out the tread on my 2 front tires on the trailer.

peej23 · 07-09-2007, 07:44 PM

thanks toytek, I am looking to avoid cleveland and will likely follow your route

bullitt9350 · 07-09-2007, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McCracken

Lord, I wish I had seen this before this past weekend. I fuct up big time and ended up on Deal's Gap pissing off all the bikes off. I also wore out the tread on my 2 front tires on the trailer.

Yeah, nothing like running that in a Jeep with no swaybars

Arya Ebrahimi · 07-18-2007, 08:00 AM

How far is Tellico OHV from Deal's Gap? I was there last weekend for a car event, but I wasn't sure how far Tellico was.

If you're coming from the North, is there a quicker way than going all the way to Knoxville before turning east?

07-09-2007, 10:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
peej23 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Member # 36417 Posts: 251	Knoxville to Murphy? What is the easiest driving route? Mapquest gives me a route with 10000 turns on small roads when I search the shortest route, I am thinking this isn't the fastest way. Any sugestions? Thanks

07-09-2007, 03:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Offrhoder4x4 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15004 Location: Old Hickory, TN Posts: 387	Or run 75S down to Cleveland, hit 64E for a straight shot to Murphy. Hang a left on 19 at the McDonalds and it will take you into downtown. 64 will take you through the park along the Ocoee river, but semis and motorhomes take that route all the time. Just as fast as the shot through Tellico Plains and more scenic. __________________ I'm not stuck, I'm temporarily stationary. 91 Xsport, 60's, doubler, 39.5s

07-09-2007, 03:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
McCracken Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Member # 41137 Location: In the hills of Western North Carolina Posts: 2,253 Blog Entries: 1	Lord, I wish I had seen this before this past weekend. I fuct up big time and ended up on Deal's Gap pissing off all the bikes off. I also wore out the tread on my 2 front tires on the trailer. __________________ [QUOTE=climbit;14733286]you guys take this shit way too seriously.[/QUOTE]

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Arya Ebrahimi Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Oct 2001 Member # 7876 Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 4,218	How far is Tellico OHV from Deal's Gap? I was there last weekend for a car event, but I wasn't sure how far Tellico was. If you're coming from the North, is there a quicker way than going all the way to Knoxville before turning east? __________________ DD/Tow-rig: '06 GMC Sierra 2500HD Duramax Classic Rig: '88 FJ62, 100% stock In the weeds waiting for resurrection: '94 FZJ80, 33s, locked

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07-09-2007, 01:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Toytek8 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Member # 14314 Location: Blairsville,Ga. Posts: 192	Take 75 to sweetwater.turn left onto 68.Follow all the way through Tellico Plains .After about a hundred curves past TP if you watch close you will see a small rural rd called Runnion Road on left,follow that until dead ends into hwy 294.Turn left.Follow that until deadends into hwy64 turn left follow to Murphy.If you miss Runnion rd 68 will still come into 294.Only other route I know is 75 to Cleveland and up 64 which is alot farther and you have to come up the gourge.This is the fastest trust me it has taken me to Jellico a hundred times. Jeff

07-09-2007, 07:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
peej23 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Member # 36417 Posts: 251	thanks toytek, I am looking to avoid cleveland and will likely follow your route