Swananoa and Black Mountain what to do?
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I remembered: Linville Gorge. I think you are about an hour. Pisgah is closer, tho.
You are in a good area for hiking: https://www.alltrails.com/us/north-carolina/black-mountain
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My wife likes to wander in all the shops on Cherry Street in Black Mountain, while I sample the wares in the Town Pump, where I drank beer about fifty years ago when I was in school there. When we've got wee kids or grandkids with us we let them play in the brook in the park in Montreat two miles up the road. I think yours are aged out of that if I recall.
Thereās a great little stringed instrument shop close to the square in back of a parking lot in Black Mountain that always has something interesting hanging on the wall.
Trailhead Restaurant right in town serves good food and has a great selection of beers.
Drive towards Asheville on 70 and head southwest on the Blue Ridge Parkway to Graveyard Fields. Take your swim trunks and water shoes and wander in the stream, and take a dip in the pool at the base of the waterfall. There are stairs to climb down the side of the falls rather than taking the short way down, over the falls which usually involves a trip to the morgue.
Or take a right at 70 and the BRP, and head north east to Mt. Mitchell. Stop at Craggy Gardens and take in the view, turn around and come back.
Thereās a great little stringed instrument shop close to the square in back of a parking lot in Black Mountain that always has something interesting hanging on the wall.
Trailhead Restaurant right in town serves good food and has a great selection of beers.
Drive towards Asheville on 70 and head southwest on the Blue Ridge Parkway to Graveyard Fields. Take your swim trunks and water shoes and wander in the stream, and take a dip in the pool at the base of the waterfall. There are stairs to climb down the side of the falls rather than taking the short way down, over the falls which usually involves a trip to the morgue.
Or take a right at 70 and the BRP, and head north east to Mt. Mitchell. Stop at Craggy Gardens and take in the view, turn around and come back.
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Chimney Rock during a weekday to avoid some of the crowds
Sliding Rock if your heart can take the cold water
Sliding Rock if your heart can take the cold water
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I got a measly two inches of air going over a little whoopty doo sliding down the rock with the kids twenty years ago. Had to go to the chiropractor when I got home. š
Ditto on all that @fieldgrade sed.
I'd add the Folk Art Center on the parkway, near the Oteen entrance hwy 70 west of Swannanowhere. You can also hit there Mountain to Sea trail in the same area. North on that trail heads up behind my place.
The Ale House in Black Mountain has good food/beer and live music Thursday and Saturday.
If you wanna venture into Asheville there's always a "Feed the Homeless" event going on at an intersection near you. Also home of the largest group of people that aren't from here. After 3 beers they can be entertaining to watch.
Pretty decent selection at Hunter's Treasures Pawn and Gun in Black Mountain.
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Oh....and if you like beer or saki, it's worth going downtown in Asheville to Ben's Tuneup, a very unique mostly outdoor bar. They have pretty good food too and live music.
www.benstuneup.com
I'd add the Folk Art Center on the parkway, near the Oteen entrance hwy 70 west of Swannanowhere. You can also hit there Mountain to Sea trail in the same area. North on that trail heads up behind my place.
The Ale House in Black Mountain has good food/beer and live music Thursday and Saturday.
If you wanna venture into Asheville there's always a "Feed the Homeless" event going on at an intersection near you. Also home of the largest group of people that aren't from here. After 3 beers they can be entertaining to watch.
Pretty decent selection at Hunter's Treasures Pawn and Gun in Black Mountain.
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Oh....and if you like beer or saki, it's worth going downtown in Asheville to Ben's Tuneup, a very unique mostly outdoor bar. They have pretty good food too and live music.
Ben's Tune Up | Sake & Beer Garden
www.benstuneup.com
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Lots of nice hiking trails off the Parkway; search on Blue Ridge Parkway Trails. Long enough for a little workout but not an all-day hike. Here's the one at Richland Balsam Mountain a few weeks ago:
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Drive towards Asheville on 70 and head southwest on the Blue Ridge Parkway to Graveyard Fields. Take your swim trunks and water shoes and wander in the stream, and take a dip in the pool at the base of the waterfall. There are stairs to climb down the side of the falls rather than taking the short way down, over the falls which usually involves a trip to the morgue.
I'd add the Folk Art Center on the parkway, near the Oteen entrance hwy 70 west of Swannanowhere.
I'd put these two stops towards the top of the list. Then for me after that, anywhere on the BRP.
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I'd add the Folk Art Center on the parkway, near the Oteen entrance hwy 70 west of Swannanowhere.
I'd put these two stops towards the top of the list. Then for me after that, anywhere on the BRP.
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Hillman Brewery and Restaurant down the mountain in Old Fort has good drink and food. Also,there's the Old Fort geyser on the back way up the mountain toward Ridgecrest.
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We just left the Folk Art Center. Very nice and also very expensive. I think I spotted a ladies coat for over $800 buvks and some of the furniture was over 8k.Ditto on all that @fieldgrade sed.
I'd add the Folk Art Center on the parkway, near the Oteen entrance hwy 70 west of Swannanowhere. You can also hit there Mountain to Sea trail in the same area. North on that trail heads up behind my place.
The Ale House in Black Mountain has good food/beer and live music Thursday and Saturday.
If you wanna venture into Asheville there's always a "Feed the Homeless" event going on at an intersection near you. Also home of the largest group of people that aren't from here. After 3 beers they can be entertaining to watch.
Pretty decent selection at Hunter's Treasures Pawn and Gun in Black Mountain.
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Oh....and if you like beer or saki, it's worth going downtown in Asheville to Ben's Tuneup, a very unique mostly outdoor bar. They have pretty good food too and live music.
Ben's Tune Up | Sake & Beer Garden
Prices won't change much but the Southern Highland Crafts Guild on 70 closer to Oteen is more of the same artists and styles.
If you like antiques Sweeten Creek antiques and Bittersweet antiques are pretty good.
Downtown Waynesville is worth a trip to walk, shop, and eat. Boojums has good beer and the Beer Den has more. Ian an Jojo's for pizza, Sweet Onion for more standard sit down, The Patio for sandwiches, Boojums for bar food, Watami for Asian, Chef's Table if you want to drop some coin on farm to table and you need reservations.
Not many trails off the beaten path anymore. Go through the week to avoid people. Graveyard Fields, Waterrock Knob, Devils courthouse, John's Rock, Looking Glass Rock. If you don't mind the drive you can get into Cataloochee Valley or Big Creek area of the smokies. Little Cataloochee Valley out to the church is pretty off the path and you are hiking an old road bed.
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Stop here and pick up the map...and do the One Second After tour
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After reading that book, every time I come on I40 over the Gap I see bodies swaying from the truck lane light posts...
One Second After Map
Official map of the bestselling book, One Second After, authorized by author William R. Forstchen. Shows important locations in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
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After reading that book, every time I come on I40 over the Gap I see bodies swaying from the truck lane light posts...