Explore things to see and do in the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area and Mountains of Western North Carolina near Ashevillle, including enjoying the scenic beauty of our mountain landscape, viewing the fall colors by taking a Fall Color Drive Tour on the Blue Ridge Parkway and other great driving tours, hiking or biking in the many local, state, and national parks, attend a local festival or event, or just enjoying our wonderful four season climate.

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Located in the beautiful Blue Ridge National Heritage Area in the western NC Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, Biltmore Estate, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and other attractions, including historic sites, museums, natural landscapes, parks, recreational facilities, the Flat Rock Playhouse: the State Theatre of North Carolina; Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site; DuPont State Forest; Pisgah National Forest; Chimney Rock State Park; Holmes Educational State Forest and the newly developing Gorges State Park and the Blue Ridge Escarpment at the World's Edge in the Hickory Nut Gorge.