I used Google Earth to make this aerial "photo" of the Dragon on US129. The view is looking to the northeast from an altitude of ~12000 ft. The Dragon goes from NC (on the right) into TN (left). Rt 28 (going to the Fontana) and 129 meet at the right. Enjoy !

 

also check out http://local.live.com/
there is an aerial function that works for the Deals Gap area.

(in some places like LA or NY/eastern seaboard there is a very cool "birds eye" feature available)

 

Live is Microsoft's attempt to do their own web-based clone of Google Earth (fetch it at http://earth.google.com/). I think that they use the same aerial database (at least at my location in MD they do).

If you want to see the Dragon on "Live", click here. I put point 1 at the "Crossroads of Time" at the intersection of NC28 & US129, and 2 is at one of the normal turnaround points.

With "Live" it is fairly easy to zoom in on the actual road and then "drive" it with your mouse. Most of the turns 'n twisties are reproduced fairly failthfully. Google Earth tend to use short straigh-line segments.

I would have sent the corresponding Google Earth pushpins, but NAM does not permit the .KMZ pushpin file types.