Editing Tryon, North Carolina (section)

====Scenic areas and drives====
[[File:Pearson's Falls Pacolet River.jpg|thumb|Pearson's Falls off of the Pacolet River, between Tryon and Saluda, North Carolina]]
* Pacolet Scenic Byway, one of [[North Carolina Scenic Byways]], is a ten-mile (16&nbsp;km) portion of US 176 that runs from Tryon to Saluda.  It provides views of the [[Pacolet River]] and waterfalls.<ref name="RBNC196">{{cite book | title=Road Biking North Carolina | author=Lawson Wallace, J | publisher=The Globe Pequot Press | location=Guilford, Connecticut | year=2003 | page=196 | isbn=9780762711918 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q96VHaQQVIC&pg=PA196 }}</ref>
* Pearson's Falls Natural Heritage Site, named for its {{convert|90|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Waterfalls of North Carolina|waterfall]], is owned and maintained by the Tryon Garden Club.  Located between Tryon and [[Saluda, North Carolina|Saluda]], it offers a picnic area, and hiking and biking trails.<ref name="RBNC196"/> A one-quarter mile walk to the waterfall can be found from the entrance at US 176.  The "botanical preserve" offers more than 200 species of wildflowers and plants. It has been classified as a ''[[Ecological succession|deciduous climax forest]]''. The falls were named after engineer Charles William Pearson, who surveyed the Blue Ridge Mountains for a route for construction of the [[Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–1982)|Norfolk Southern Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearsonsfalls.org/ |title=Pearson's Falls |publisher=The Tryon Garden Club |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>