The Blue Ridge Mountains span ten counties in Western North Carolina, and border both Tennessee and South Carolina. Within this region you’ll discover:
- The vibrant mountain town of Asheville and famed Biltmore Estate in Buncombe County
- The highest peaks east of the Mississippi in Mitchell County
- The only mineral springs in the state at Hot Springs in Madison County
- Beautiful mountain lakes in Rutherford, McDowell, Burke, and Transylvania County
- Amazing gem mines – some of the oldest in the world – in Yancey and Mitchell
- World-renowned equestrian events in Polk County
- Apple picking adventures and the NC State Playhouse in Henderson County
- One of the highest waterfalls in the nation at Chimney Rock.
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