North Carolina Mountains

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The North Carolina Mountains in western North Carolina are home to popular areas like Asheville and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The North Carolina Mountains offer scenic drives, majestic hikes and a variety of small country stores and hometown restaurants for leisure.

Regions of North Carolina Mountains

The far western portion of Western North Carolina includes the counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain, Haywood, Jackson, and Macon. Much of this land is covered by National Forest.

Counties just to the east of this group (sometimes called Land-of-Sky) include Buncombe (home to Western North Carolina's largest city, Asheville), Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania.

The northern counties of Western North Carolina are commonly known as the state's High Country. Centered around Boone and the High Country boasts the area's most popular ski resorts and is known for it's production of Fraser Fir Christmas Trees. High Country counties include Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey (home to Mount Mitchell, highest mountain on the East Coast).

On the eastern end of Western North Carolina lie the counties of Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk - known as The First Peak of the Blue Ridge, and Rutherford.

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Cities

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• Asheville GPS 35.58,-82.555833 — Scenic mountain city of roughly 85,000 people, known for its cultural establishments, Art-Deco architecture and liberal culture.
• Andrews (North Carolina) | Andrews GPS 35.2,-83.826389 —  A place of Appalachian art and hospitality.
• Black Mountain GPS 35.619167,-82.325556 =
• Blowing Rock GPS 36.129722,-81.6725 — Beautiful village at the edge of the John's River Gorge.
• Boone (North Carolina) | Boone GPS 36.211389,-81.668611 — home of Appalachian State University.
• Brevard GPS 35.241667,-82.728611 - Highest concentration of waterfalls in the eastern United States.
• Bryson City GPS 35.428841,-83.44619 =
• Cashiers GPS 35.111944,-83.099444 - Nestled on a wooded mountainside in the southernmost part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, sits the city of Cashiers. This charming locale is surrounded by a lush green valley roughly 3,500 feet high surrounded by mountains rising up to 5,000 feet. It's not the foothills, but the southern crest of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains.
• Cherokee GPS 35.476944,-83.320556 - Native American culture, gambling, and a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Franklin (North Carolina) | Franklin GPS 35.181888,-83.381183 =
• Hendersonville (North Carolina) | Hendersonville GPS 35.320556,-82.461667 — charming small town with a cute, artsy historic neighborhood
• Highlands (North Carolina) | Highlands GPS 35.054167,-83.202222 —  quaint, rustic town with natural scenery and thriving businesses
• Jefferson (North Carolina) | Jefferson GPS 36.42,-81.468889 — at the base of Mount Jefferson State Park.
• Maggie Valley GPS 35.514444,-83.066944 — tourist resort with beautiful mountains
• Mars Hill (North Carolina) | Mars Hill GPS 35.828611,-82.547778 =
• Marshall (North Carolina) | Marshall GPS 35.7999,-82.6748 — this gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains has an attractive historic downtown.
• Murphy GPS 35.089722,-84.03 — the westernmost town of significance
• Robbinsville (North Carolina) | Robbinsville GPS 35.322778,-83.807778 - mountain retreat in Graham County with leisurely drives, water recreation, hardy hikes, Appalachian crafts, history.
• Sylva GPS 35.373662,-83.224743 =
• Waynesville (North Carolina) | Waynesville GPS 35.483333,-82.994444 =
• Weaverville (North Carolina) | Weaverville GPS 35.695833,-82.558333 - Large art community. Home of the annual Weaverville Art Safari and Art in Autumn art festivals.
• West Jefferson (North Carolina) | West Jefferson GPS 36.395278,-81.491667 =

More Destinations

• Appalachian Trail — scenic nature trail stretching from Maine to Georgia (state) | Georgia
• Blue Ridge Parkway — historic and nature-filled mountain parkway in North Carolina and Virginia
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park — enormous national park with stunning beauty in North Carolina and Tennessee

North Carolina Mountains Halal Explorer

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The region also has a stunning diversity of plant and animal life, more, in fact, than the whole of Europe.

Local Language in North Carolina Mountains

People living in the Appalachian dialect area pronounce the word "Appalachia" as App-a-latch-ah, while those who live outside of the Appalachian dialect area or at its outer edges tend to pronounce it App-a-lay-csh-ah. If you visit the Qualla Boundary (Cherokee Indian Reservation), you may hear the native language Cherokee spoken.

Travel to North Carolina Mountains

By plane and the closest airport to most of the region is the Asheville Regional Airport (IATA Flight Code: AVL) located fifteen miles southeast of Asheville. The nearest airports to Boone and the High Country are Charlotte Douglas International Airport (IATA Flight Code: CLT) in Charlotte|Charlotte, North Carolina and the Tri-Cities Regional Airport (IATA Flight Code: TRI) located between Johnson City (Tennessee) | Johnson City and Bristol (Tennessee-Virginia) | Bristol, Tennessee. The next nearest airports are the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (IATA Flight Code: GSP) in Greenville (South Carolina) | Greenville, South Carolina and McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA Flight Code: TYS) in Knoxville|Knoxville, Tennessee.

By train and the closest Amtrak stations to the region are in Greenville, South Carolina, and Charlotte.

By car, two major Interstate highways cross the region: Interstate 40, which traverses east-west, and Interstate 26, which traverses north-south. In addition, US 321 is Interstate quality from just north of Interstate 85 at Gastonia to Hickory, and US 421 is Interstate quality from Interstate 77 to Wilkesboro and a multi-lane divided highway from Wilkesboro to Boone. The scenic Blue Ridge Parkway also runs through the region.

By bus, Greyhound has stops in Asheville and Waynesville.

What to see in North Carolina Mountains

• The Biltmore Estate - ☎ +1 828 274-6333 In Asheville. George Vanderbilt's European-inspired chateau. The 8,000-acre estate features fruit cocktailry, restaurants, Inn at Biltmore Estate, horseback riding and more
• The Carl Sandburg Home - ☎ +1 828 693-4178 In Flat Rock. Daily 9AM Monday - 5PM. The famed poet and biographer spent his later years on this 263-acre estate with his wife, who raised prize-winning goats
• Oconluftee Indian Village - And Museum of the Cherokee Indian, in Cherokee, 1-800-438-1601. Sample the ancient Cherokee Native American legacy.

• North Carolina Arboretum - ☎ +1 828 665-2492 In Bent Creek. Open daily. Features a visitor education center, greenhouse complex, gardens and loop trail on 424 acres. $6 per car.

• Wheels Through Time Museum - ☎ +1 828 926-6266 On U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. Open daily April through November. For motorcycle enthusiasts, this 40,000-square-foot museum features 250 rare and vintage motorcycles and automobiles.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for North Carolina Mountains

• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Chimney Rock Park
• Linville Gorge and South Mountains State Park navitat Canopy Adventures GPS 35.8022,-82.4322 - located in Barnardsville

Halal Restaurants in North Carolina Mountains

Clay, Graham, Mitchell, and Yancey counties are "dry", meaning no alcohol is sold within their borders. In most other counties in the region, if you want to buy drink by the bottle you must do it at state-run ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Commission) stores rather than at a traditional stores. The exceptions to this are Yadkin and Madison counties, which though not "dry" do not have ABC stores. ABC store hours vary by county. The alcohol laws of North Carolina prohibit the sale of drinks after 2AM Monday through Saturday, and from 2AM until noon on Sundays.

Stay Safe

Asheville is well known for an over-active and overzealous police department and jail system.

Travel Next

• Eastern Tennessee
• North Georgia
• Piedmont (North Carolina) | Piedmont – central North Carolina, home to the major metro areas of Metrolina and the Research Triangle, which bring a mix of people and a faster-paced lifestyle than most places in the mountains
• Southwest Virginia – mountainous and largely rural, like Western North Carolina
• Upcountry South Carolina

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