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North Carolina’s High Country provides the best vacation experience in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our area includes 100 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway and these popular tourist destinations: Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Grandfather Mountain, Linville, N. Wilkesboro, Sparta, Valle Crucis, West Jefferson and Wilkesboro.

Visitors enjoy hiking, rafting, arts & crafts, shopping, skiing and the famous Tweetsie Railroad.

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Mountain Home Music

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 Cracker Barrel

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 Foggy Mountain Gem Mine

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High Country Blog

The official guide to The High Country in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC.
  • Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble At Grandfather Mountain Starts Early This Year!
    The showy rose-lavender blooms that decorate Grandfather’s slopes and indicate the beginning of another breathtaking summer on the mountain have arrived early this year.  The mild winter that brought an early advent for other floral mountain displays will likely move this year’s spectacular showcase of rhododendron...
  • Experience Naturalist Weekend At Grandfather Mountain!
    The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation is hosting its annual Naturalist Weekend May 11-13. This weekend provides guests with an in-depth look at the diversity found in the mountain’s ecological communities through guided hikes and workshops. The weekend starts off Friday with the all-day Grandfather Spring Bird...
  • First Annual Grandfather Campout At Grandfather Mountain
    This summer at Grandfather Mountain brings a brand new event, offering participants unique and new opportunities on the Mountain.  The First Annual Grandfather Mountain Campout July 27-29, is an all-weekend event hosted by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation. During this campout, guests can spend up to...
  • 2012 Spring Draw-a-thon to be Held April 28th at Turchin Center
    Appalachian State University’s Arts Management Organization (AMO) and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) Community Outreach Program are working together to present the Annual Spring Draw-a-thon on Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. The Spring Draw-a-thon is a free campus and...
  • Turchin Center presents the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards Exhibition
    Galleries A and B of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts are alive with the creative musings of 16 artists, all recipients of the 2010-11 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards. This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the...