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Blue Ridge Parkway

Asheville, NC · Blue Ridge MountainsFree

Milepost 0 of the Blue Ridge Parkway is in Virginia at Shenandoah National Park, and the road ends 469 miles later at the Smokies in North Carolina. Its lowest point is 649 feet…

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Grandfather Mountain

Linville, NC · Blue Ridge Mountains$$

At Linville Peak, two miles up the road from Grandfather Mountain's gate on US 221 in Linville, the Mile High Swinging Bridge crosses an 80-foot chasm. Book an entry time online…

Lakes & rivers

Linville Falls

Linville Falls, NC · Blue Ridge MountainsFree

On the Erwins View Trail at Linville Falls, 1.6 miles round trip, you first see the lower of the two falls from Chimney View, a steep climb, and the last overlook takes in both…

Mountains

Mount Mitchell State Park

Burnsville, NC · Blue Ridge MountainsFree

Elisha Mitchell, who measured this mountain in 1835, is buried on top of it, the highest point east of the Mississippi River, 30 miles northeast of Asheville. The Blue Ridge…

Beaches

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Buxton, NC · Outer BanksFree

More than 70 miles of the Outer Banks are national seashore, from Nags Head south to Ocracoke, on three barrier islands with a lighthouse on each. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in…

Attractions

Biltmore Estate

Asheville, NC · Western North Carolina$$$

George Vanderbilt opened Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina, to family and friends on Christmas Eve 1895. His descendants still own it. Inside are more than four acres…

Lakes & rivers

Looking Glass Falls

Brevard, NC · Western North CarolinaFree

Looking Glass Falls is right beside US 276 in Pisgah National Forest, and stairs lead from an accessible viewing deck at the top down to the creek. It's about 6 miles north of…

Lakes & rivers

DuPont State Recreational Forest

Cedar Mountain, NC · Western North CarolinaFree

Four waterfalls drop down the Little River inside this 10,400-acre forest between Brevard and Hendersonville, and the easy 2.2-mile loop past High, Triple, and Hooker Falls is…

Mountains

Craggy Gardens

Asheville, NC · Western North CarolinaFree

Craggy Gardens, at milepost 364 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, is thick with Catawba rhododendron that usually blooms pink and purple in June. Sunrise and sunset draw…

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Mount Pisgah

Canton, NC · Western North CarolinaFree

Mount Pisgah's pyramid rises straight off the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 408, its summit pinned by a broadcast tower you can spot from miles down the road. The 1.3-mile trail…

Mountains

Max Patch

Hot Springs, NC · Western North CarolinaFree

Max Patch is a grassy bald at 4,629 feet where the Appalachian Trail crosses an open summit with nothing between you and the sky. Cleared for cattle grazing in the 1800s and…

Attractions

Asheville

Asheville, NC · Western North Carolina

Fall color comes to Asheville, North Carolina, from the top down. It starts on the highest peaks in late September and takes six weeks to reach the valleys. Heading north from…

Attractions

Boone

Boone, NC · High Country

Boone is 3,333 feet up in North Carolina's High Country, with an average July high of 78 degrees and a January low of 23. A statue of Doc Watson sits on a bench downtown. The…

Attractions

Blowing Rock

Blowing Rock, NC · High Country$

North Carolina's oldest travel attraction has been charging admission for the view since 1933, and the view earns it: a gargoyle of weathered gneiss juts out over Johns River…

Lakes & rivers

Linville Gorge Wilderness

Morganton, NC · Western North CarolinaFree

The Linville River drops 2,000 feet through Linville Gorge in Pisgah National Forest, between Jonas Ridge on the east and Linville Mountain on the west. Wiseman's View has a…

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Roan Mountain

Bakersville, NC · High Country$

TN 143 climbs 12.6 miles from the town of Roan Mountain, Tennessee, to Carvers Gap, where the Appalachian Trail heads up onto the grassy balds. Parking is limited, and in summer…

Attractions

Chimney Rock State Park

Chimney Rock, NC · Blue Ridge Mountains$$

Chimney Rock is a 315-foot gneiss spire standing over Hickory Nut Gorge, reached by an elevator blasted up through the cliff or a stairway of 499 steps to the flag at the top…