Lover's Leap, or (in plural) Lovers' Leap, is a toponym given to a number of locations of varying height, usually isolated, with the risk of a fatal fall and the possibility of a deliberate jump. Legends of romantic tragedy are often associated with a Lover's Leap.
Blowing 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. In this version the lover is saved by the blowing wind which sends him back into the arms of his sweetheart.[5]
Dovedale in the Peak District in the United Kingdom has a limestone promontory named Lovers' Leap reached by a set of steps built by Italian prisoners of war captured in World War II. The local legend is that a young woman believed her lover had been killed in the Napoleonic wars, so she threw herself off the top of the promontory. Later, her family found out that her lover was alive and well.[9]
The south coast of Jamaica at Saint Elizabeth Parish has a Lovers' Leap 1,700 feet (520 m) above the Caribbean Sea. Lovers' Leap is named after two enslaved lovers from the 18th century, Mizzy and Tunkey. According to legend, their master, Chardley, liked Mizzy; so, in a bid to have her for himself, he arranged for her lover, Tunkey, to be sold to another estate. Mizzy and Tunkey fled to avoid being separated but were eventually chased to the edge of a large steep cliff. Rather than face being caught and separated, the lovers embraced and jumped over the cliff.[10] The story was used as the basis for a romantic novel.[11]
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For other uses see Lover s Leap disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Lover s Leap news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lover s Leap or in plural Lovers Leap is a toponym given to a number of locations of varying height usually isolated with the risk of a fatal fall and the possibility of a deliberate jump Legends of romantic tragedy are often associated with a Lover s Leap A scenic view of the New River Gorge from Lovers Leap at Hawk s Nest State Park Ansted West Virginia Contents 1 List of locations 1 1 In the United States 1 2 Elsewhere 2 Legends 2 1 United States 2 2 Other 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingList of locations EditIn the United States Edit Bluff Park Hoover Alabama Lovers Leap DeSoto Caverns Childersburg Alabama Lovers Leap Tombigbee River Mile 96 Jackson Alabama Noccalula Falls Park Gadsden Alabama Lovers Leap Green Forest Arkansas Lovers Leap Greenwood Arkansas Lovers Leap Levesque Arkansas Lovers Leap Knights Ferry California alongside California Highway 120 Lovers Leap Lake Tahoe California Quincy California off Buck s Lake Road Vail Colorado name of a run on Blue Sky Basin Lovers Leap Bridge and State Park New Milford Connecticut Lover s Leap Yonah Mountain Georgia Rock City a roadside attraction in Lookout Mountain Georgia Two Lovers Point is a major tourist attraction on Guam Two Lovers Point Puntan dos Amantes in Dededo Guam Spirit Lake Idaho Lover s Leap Pere Marquette State Park Grafton Illinois Lover s Leap Franklin Creek State Natural Area Franklin Grove Illinois Starved Rock State Park Illinois Lover s Leap Carrsville Kentucky Lovers Leap Natural Bridge State Resort Park Slade Kentucky Lovers Leap Park Bangor Maine Cumberland Narrows Maryland Purgatory Chasm State Reservation Massachusetts Lovers Leap Hannibal Missouri Lover s Leap The Palisades Weehawken New Jersey Philmont Scout Ranch outside Cimarron New Mexico Blowing Rock North Carolina Lover s Leap located along Oklahoma State Highway 10 and the Illinois River in Tahlequah Oklahoma Eagles Mere Pennsylvania Lover s Leap Trail in Custer State Park Custer South Dakota Lovers Leap in Cameron Park Waco Texas Lover s Leap in Lynn Massachusetts Lover s Leap in Washington County Utah 1 Lovers Leap in Patrick County Virginia about 10 miles 16 km west of Stuart on U S Highway 58 Natural Tunnel State Park Duffield Virginia Lovers Leap Turn Point Stuart Island Washington Lovers Leap Hawks Nest State Park Fayette West Virginia Maiden Rock Wisconsin Whitetop Mountain Washington County VirginiaElsewhere Edit Diarmuid and Grainne s Rock Lovers s Leap Loop Head Clare Ireland Couple approaching boat after they swim in lover s leap spot Trincomalee Fonte dos Amores Pocos de Caldas Minas Gerais Brazil Elora Gorge Elora Ontario Canada La piedra feliz Valparaiso Chile Đulin Ponor Ogulin Croatia Green Valley View aka Suicide Point Kodaikanal India Lovers Leap Rock Dargle Valley Bray County Wicklow Ireland Lovers Leap Diarmuid and Grainne s Rock Loop Head County Clare Ireland Lovers Leap Saint Elizabeth Jamaica Lovers Leap Otago Peninsula Dunedin New Zealand Lovers Rock la Pena de los Enamorados Antequera Andalusia Spain Lovers Leap Trincomalee Sri Lanka Lovers Leap Blaise castle estate Bristol England United Kingdom Lovers Leap Dovedale Peak District England United KingdomLegends EditUnited States Edit 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 The promontory was named Lovers Leap by settlers 2 and has acquired a legend involving two young Native Americans from different tribes 3 The most notable Native American legend can be found in Lookout Mountain Georgia It involved a Chickasaw warrior and a Cherokee maiden 4 Blowing 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 In this version the lover is saved by the blowing wind which sends him back into the arms of his sweetheart 5 Wills Mountain has a Lovers Leap overlooking Cumberland Narrows on the west side of Cumberland Maryland 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 Route 40 below The city of Cumberland and the surrounding states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia may be seen from this point citation needed Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi writes There are fifty Lover s Leaps along the Mississippi from whose summit disappointed Indian girls have jumped 6 7 Princess Winona is one such legend in which the daughter of a Dakota chief leaps to her death rather than marry a suitor she does not love 8 Maiden Rock Wisconsin is one site for the Winona legend though other locations include Winona Falls in Pennsylvania Camden County Missouri and Cameron Park in Waco Texas Other Edit Dovedale in the Peak District in the United Kingdom has a limestone promontory named Lovers Leap reached by a set of steps built by Italian prisoners of war captured in World War II The local legend is that a young woman believed her lover had been killed in the Napoleonic wars so she threw herself off the top of the promontory Later her family found out that her lover was alive and well 9 The south coast of Jamaica at Saint Elizabeth Parish has a Lovers Leap 1 700 feet 520 m above the Caribbean Sea Lovers Leap is named after two enslaved lovers from the 18th century Mizzy and Tunkey According to legend their master Chardley liked Mizzy so in a bid to have her for himself he arranged for her lover Tunkey to be sold to another estate Mizzy and Tunkey fled to avoid being separated but were eventually chased to the edge of a large steep cliff Rather than face being caught and separated the lovers embraced and jumped over the cliff 10 The story was used as the basis for a romantic novel 11 See also EditList of suicide sites Suicide bridgeReferences Edit Lover s Leap St George UT 84790 Shawnee Captive The Story of Mary Draper Ingles Women of the Frontier page 83 Mary R Furbee Morgan Reynolds Publishing July 2001 ISBN 1 883846 69 2 Wonderful West Virginia Archived from the original on 2008 09 15 Retrieved 2009 05 01 Fairy Tale Nights At Rock City The Autism Diva Hotel amp Travel Archived from the original on 2020 08 10 Blowing Rock History Archived from the original on 2009 03 29 Retrieved 2008 07 30 Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi Penguin Books New York 1961 p 283 Phil Hoebing s Legends of Lovers Leaps Archived from the original on 2009 03 28 Retrieved 2008 07 31 Porter Cynthya Feb 1 2009 Homecoming to Explore Roles of American Indian Women Winona Daily News reprinted at Diversity Foundation Retrieved 21 Oct 2015 National Trust Ilam Park Dovedale www nationaltrust org uk Archived from the original on 2008 03 17 Retrieved 2008 04 06 About Lover s Leap Archived from the original on 2009 10 21 Lover s Leap Based on the Jamaican Legend Horane Smith Minerva Press June 1 1999 ISBN 0 7541 0589 XFurther reading EditLover s Leap Based on the Jamaican Legend Horane Smith Minerva Press June 1 1999 ISBN 0 7541 0589 X Legends of Lover s Leaps Phil Hoebing Missouri Folklore Society Journal 21 1999 81 98 Lover s Leap Legends From Sappho of Lesbos to Wah Wah Tee of Waco Payton Leland amp Crystal Lens amp Pen Press February 1 2020 ISBN 978 0 9673925 9 2 Category Cliffs of the United Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lover 27s Leap amp oldid 1133479187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
