Local Attractions & Things To Do

• Tweetsie Railroad
  828-264-9061

• Mystery Hill
  828-264-2792

• Grandfather Mountain
  828-963-9522

• Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster
  828-898-7866

• Doc's Rocks Gem Mine & Appalachian Fossil Museum
  828-295-2034

• Family Billiards
  828-963-6260

• Apple Hill Farm
  828-963-1662

• High Gravity Adventures
  828-383-8832

• Horn In the West & Hickory Ridge Living History Museum
  828-264-2120

• Mysterium Escape Room
  828-865-0009

• The Blowing Rock
  828-295-7111

• Sugar Creek Gem Mine
  828-898-4367

• Moses Cone Manor House 

• Rocky Knob Mtn. Bike Park
  828-266-1345

• Shipley Farms - Farm Tour
  828-484-1872

• Sunrise Mountain Mini Golf
  828-265-4653

• Grandfather Vineyard & Winery
  828-963-2400

• Banner Elk Winery
  828-898-9090

• Old Barn Winery & Vineyards
  336-846-6060

• Linville Falls Winery
  828-765-1400

• Thistle Meadow Winery
  336-359-2995

• Watauga Lake Winery
  423-768-0345

• Booneshine Brewing Company
  828-278-8006

• Appalachian Mtn. Brewery
  828-263-1111

• Lost Province Brewing Co.
  828-265-3506

• SouthEnd Brewing Co.
  828-865-0224

• Blowing Rock Brewing Co.
  828-414-9600

• Kettel Beerworks
  828-898-8677

• Beech Mountain Brewing Co.
  828-387-2011

Be sure to look up each trail on Google or AllTrails to ensure suitability and access and obtain directions & parking info! Some trails have limited parking so it's advised to arrive early in the day.  

• Glen Burney Falls
  2.3 miles, Moderate

• Bass Lake Loop
  0.9 miles, Easy

• Price Lake Loop Trail
  2.2 miles, Easy 

• Green Knob Loop
  2.2 miles, Moderate 

• Boone Fork Trail
  4.8 miles, Moderate 

• Rich Mountain Carriage Trail
  5.8 miles, Moderate 

• Tanawha Trail
  13.0 miles, Hard

• Rough Ridge
  1.2 miles, Moderate

• Crab Orchard Falls
  1.0 miles, Moderate

• Cascade Falls Loop
  0.8 miles, Easy

• Otter Falls Trail
  0.9 miles, Moderate

• Elk River Falls
  0.3 miles, Moderate

• Virginia Creeper Trail
  35 miles, Bike or Walk