The North Carolina High Country offers year-round activities for the whole family. Boating, swimming, canoeing, picnicing, hiking, shopping, golf, skiing, lake fishing, stream fishing, and just plain relaxing.

The most-visited national park in the United States, the Blue Ridge Parkway, hugs the crest of the mountains. Linn Cove Viaduct at milepost 304 is an engineering marvel bridge which winds across Grandfather Mountain, seemingly hanging in space while clinging to the mountain's face

Linville Caverns.
The Blowing Rock.
Moses Cone Manor House.
Stone Mountain State Park.
Grandfather Gem Mine.
Zaloo's Canoes.
Whippoorwill Village.
Horn in the West outdoor drama.

Grandfather Mountain. Drive to the top, walk across the mile-high footbridge, visit the nature museum, natural habitats for bears, panthers, deer, and eagles. On US 221 one mile from Parkway in Linville

Tweetsie Railroad three-mile adventure train ride, petting zoo, rides on 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock, May-October.