It is 1,652 feet (504 m) above sea level and made up of oddly squared projections of rock from its top all the way down to the National Road (U.S. Wills Mountain has a Lovers' Leap overlooking Cumberland Narrows on the west side of Cumberland, Maryland. In this version the lover is saved by the blowing wind which sends him back into the arms of his sweetheart. īlowing Rock Mountain, outside Blowing Rock, North Carolina, has a similar legend of a young lover leaping from the cliff and instead of plunging to his death, is saved. It involved a Chickasaw warrior and a Cherokee maiden. The most notable Native American legend can be found in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The promontory was named 'Lovers' Leap' by settlers, and has acquired a legend involving two young Native Americans from different tribes. The Lovers' Leap at Hawks Nest State Park in the town of Ansted, West Virginia, along the historic Midland Trail, has a drop of 585 feet (178 m) from a high cliff overlooking the New River Gorge. Lovers' Leap, Dovedale, Peak District, England, United Kingdom.Lovers' Leap, Blaise castle estate, Bristol, England, United Kingdom.Lovers' Rock (la Peña de los Enamorados), Antequera, Andalusia, Spain.Lovers Leap, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand.Lovers' Leap / Diarmuid and Gráinne's Rock, Loop Head, County Clare, Ireland.Lovers' Leap Rock, Dargle Valley, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.Green Valley View aka Suicide Point, Kodaikanal, India.

Fonte dos Amores, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.Whitetop Mountain, Washington County, VirginiaĬouple approaching boat after they swim in lover's leap spot, Trincomalee.Lovers' Leap Hawks Nest State Park, Fayette, West Virginia.

Lovers' Leap, Turn Point, Stuart Island, Washington.

Natural Tunnel State Park, Duffield, Virginia.

Lovers' Leap in Patrick County, Virginia, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Stuart on U.S.

Lover's Leap, in Washington County, Utah.

Lovers' Leap, in Cameron Park, Waco, Texas.

Lover's Leap Trail, in Custer State Park, Custer, South Dakota.

Lover's Leap, located along Oklahoma State Highway 10 and the Illinois River in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.Philmont Scout Ranch, outside Cimarron, New Mexico.Lover's Leap, The Palisades, Weehawken, New Jersey.Purgatory Chasm State Reservation, Massachusetts.Lovers' Leap, Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Slade, Kentucky.Lover's Leap, Franklin Creek State Natural Area, Franklin Grove, Illinois.Lover's Leap Pere Marquette State Park, Grafton, Illinois.Two Lovers Point ( Puntan dos Amantes) in Dededo, Guam.A wooden carved statue of the lovers is also on site in commemoration with the story.Two Lovers Point is a major tourist attraction on Guam The legend provided the inspiration for the novel 'Lovers' Leap', written by Jamaican author Horane Smith who grew up nearby. However, the bottom line remains the same. It is believed that this incident gave rise to the name of the area as Yardley a corruption of Chardley and “Chase” is the planter’s pursuit of the couple. In a final embrace the lovers jumped from the cliff to their death. The enslaved couple fled the plantations only to be chased and rounded up at this site. In order to have her to himself Chardley plotted to sell her lover. The young woman however was in love with someone from a neighboring plantation. Lovers' Leap is named after 2 slaves in love who jumped to their death in fear of being separated by their wicked master.Īccording to folklore, Richard Chardley one of the early owners of the Yardley Chase Plantation was in love with his house keeper. The site is a 1700 ft (520 m) cliff down to Cutlass Bay below, exposing the beautiful waters of the Caribbean Sea The Legend of Lovers Leap Stretching from Rocky Point (Clarendon) in the east to Treasure Beach Historic sites in Jamaica with a breathtaking view of the coastline,

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