Attractions
The Biltmore Estate
America's Largest Home. A magnificent 250-room chateau filled with priceless art and antiques. Century-old gardens, award-winning wines, estate-raised foods. Enjoy 8,000 acres of forests, farmlands, and rivers on bikes, horseback, and rafts. If you want to stay in Biltmore Village and adjacent to the Biltmore Estate, check out the luxurious Biltmore Village Villas.
The Blue Ridge Parkway
A 469 mile recreational motor road that connects Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks while protecting the cultural and natural features of the region. Designed as a "scenic drive", the Parkway provides both stunning scenery and close-up looks at the natural and cultural history of the mountains.
Chimney Rock Park
Find the best of the mountains in one place. This privately-owned scenic attraction near Asheville offers spectacular 75 mile views, a 404 foot waterfall, hiking trails and more.
Grandfather Mountain
Be inspired by views from the Mile High Swinging Bridge, stand head and shoulders above the surrounding region, be awe struck by 360-degree views of mountain ridge after mountain ridge retreating to the horizon in the nature preserve with over 12 miles of Alpine hiking trails.
Mount Mitchell
Highest peak east of Rocky Mountains. Mount Mitchell State Park is located an hour drive or 8 miles as the crow flies from Black Mountain. Spectacular scenery and views! Great place to drive and see the sites or hike the many trails.
Thomas Wolfe House
The boyhood home of acclaimed 20th century author, Thomas Wolfe, immortalized in his novel Look Homeward, Angel.
Carl Sandburg Home
Home of nationally renowned poet, folksinger, and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg. The grounds contain the home, pastures, orchard and farm where Sandburg spent the last two decades of his life.
The Smith-McDowell House Museum
Asheville's first mansion and oldest surviving structure. Now undergoing restoration, the Museum's grounds are an Official Treasured Tree Preserve and were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in 1900.