High elevation forest with a hike up through a rhododendron forest leading to a grassy summit meadow.
Craggy Gardens / Craggy Flats Flats (Blue Ridge Parkway)
A treeless summit of rolling hills. It is a short hike to amazing 360-degree views.
Max Patch
Starting at a magical pine forest and leading up to treeless mountaintops with 360 degree views.
Black Balsam
Dramatic rock formations along the Linville canyon rim with spectacular views.
The Chimneys /
Linville Gorge
*TEMPORARILY CLOSED*
A treeless summit of rolling hills. It is a short hike to amazing 360-degree views.
Buck Springs Gap
(Blue Ridge Parkway)
Overlook off the Blue Ridge Parkway, with views of Glassmine Falls.
Glassmine Falls Overlook
(Blue Ridge Parkway)
Grassy summits with wonderful panoramic mountain views. There is a forest at the base of the hike as well.
Roan Mountain
One of the most popular and beautiful waterfalls in North Carolina. Perfect for folks with mobility and walking challenges.
Looking Glass Falls
This is an easy and very kid friendly trail. The main feature here is Moore Cove Falls which is about 50ft high and pours over a rock overhang.
Moore Cove Falls
A drive-to scenic overlook with panoramic mountain views.
Jump Off Rock
A beautiful little rock overlook that has a 180 degree view of the mountains overlooking the Linville Gorge.
Chestoa Overlook
(Blue Ridge Parkway)
*TEMPORARILY CLOSED*
Two stone observation areas looking out to the stunning Linville Gorge and Linville River
Wiseman’s View
A scenic park on Lake Lure, featuring beautiful vistas of the mountains of Hickory Nut Gorge.
Morse Park
A beautiful wooded area in Asheville full of native Southern Appalachian plants, and includes bridges, streams and meadows.
Botanical Gardens
A beautiful large rock ledge overlooking the mountains.
Beacon Heights
(BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY)
A stunning 80 foot multi-cascade waterfall with a one mile round trip hike.
Toms Creek Falls
A beautiful open bald with great mountain views only 35 minutes from Asheville!
Bearwallow Mountain
A peaceful mountain valley nested among the Great Smokey Mountains. You just might run into a herd of elk here!
CATALOOCHEE VALLEY
Private Venues
Perched atop Beech Mountain in Banner Elk, NC, Overlook Barn offers a stunning elopement setting with sweeping Blue Ridge Mountain views, rustic-elegant charm, and both grand and intimate ceremony spaces perfect for a nature-filled celebration.
overlook barn
This cozy mountaintop cabin just offers 16 private acres of sweeping views and rustic charm, making it the perfect secluded spot for an intimate elopement in nature.
Private Mountain Elopement Cabin
A secluded cabin with sweeping views of the Smokey Mountains and river access.
waynesville cabin air b&b
Beautiful mountain cabin with incredible mountain views. The open grassy area is a perfect ceremony spot with the mountains as the backdrop.
Hot Spring Cabin/ VRBO
Chestnut Ridge is a premier venue surrounded by a family homestead on a 150 acre farm.
chestnut Ridge
An idyllic, 500-acre working farm rests on some of the prettiest land in Western NC.
Claxton Farm
