The Mountains

More than a few State Troopers in North Carolina have turned down promotions because it might mean leaving the Mountains. Come on and find just a few of the reasons why.

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 Asheville is the largest city in Western North Carolina. Known as the "Land of the Sky", Asheville is a city where the quality of life is high, the weather is mild and the people are friendly.

 The Biltmore No house in America brings the glorious Gilded Age more vividly to life than Biltmore House.

 Blowing Rock is an elegant town for all seasons; cool in the summer, dazzling in the fall, a Currier and Ives portrait in the winter, and a festival of wildflowers in the spring.

 The Blue Ridge Parkway: A Guided Tour

 The Blue Ridge Parkway's Virtual Visitor Center, hosted by the National Park Service.

 Cades Cove is a beautiful valley in the west end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

 The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site preserves Connemara, the 245-acre farm where Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg and his family lived the last 22 years of his life.

 Cherokee Plus a web site dedicated to information on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina.

  Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge mountain range and is considered the most biologically diverse mountain in the East.

 The Great Smoky Mountains An interesting travel guide with good information.

 Great Smoky Mountains National Park The National Park Service Official Site.