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Staff members and correspondents of THE STATE magazine recommend ten unusual mountain travel opportunities in North Carolina.
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The summer only has so many weekends to pack activities into. The authors describe twenty-one weekends of things to do in Western North Carolina. These include shopping in Swain and Graham counties, rafting and kayaking on the Nantahala River, attending the music festival in Brevard, and strolling through some art studios in Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yanncey counties.
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For rafters and canoeists, the western mountains offer beautiful scenery and challenging whitewater or placid stretches of rivers, including the Nantahala, New, and French Broad.
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The state's mountains offer camping to appeal to every taste, from rustic backwoods to well-equipped sites. Among the most popular are the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Nantahala and Pisgah national forests.
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20585
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Goerch describes his journey through the mountains of western North Carolina. The trip covered 1,006 miles.
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23942
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In autumn, the Blue Ridge Parkway bustles with people and the leaves explode with color. From the Cumberland Knob near Mount Airy to Cherokee, the parkway passes a number of beautiful overlooks with spectacular views of the landscape.
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20762
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Goerch provides readers with an account of his airplane trip to visit Asheville, Haywood County's Homer L. Ferguson Day, and various other places in Western North Carolina.
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24724
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This article discusses a road trip three men took to western North Carolina and the vistas that can be experienced there, such as that found at Nantahala Gorge.
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9347
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Wright describes the vacation offerings of western North Carolina. These include Ghost Town in the Sky at Maggie Valley, scenic mountain drives, mountain heritage sites, waterfalls, and the Appalachian and Bartram trails.
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2671
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Located in the state's southwestern mountains, the Highlands and Cashiers area is one of the South's most popular vacation areas.
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14477
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The Japanese cherry blossoms in Washington and the roses of Picardy have long been famed in story and song, but none of these excels in beauty like the apple blossoms in the mountains of western North Carolina.
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24524
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Western North Carolina is famous for its waterfalls, which bring in tourists from all over the country. This article presents a few of the most popular waterfalls in North Carolina.
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12951
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The fifth part in a series presented by The State, this article offers further excerpts from the classic travel journal of John Lawson, describing his trip along the North Carolina frontier in 1700.
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24723
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The author lays out a route for tourists wishing to travel through western North Carolina and visit small towns with much to offer.
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7885
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Visitors to North Carolina's mountain region will find many attractions in this culturally rich area, including old-time music, arts and crafts, quaint inns, Appalachian cooking, and numerous hiking trails. House describes four places to visit: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County, which contains 400-year-old trees standing over 100 feet tall and twenty miles of hiking trails; Emerald Village in Mitchell County, which shows how a mining town lived between the 1920s and 1930s; Tweetsie Railroad in Watauga County, where vintage-style attractions are available at the state's oldest theme park; and Valdese in Burke County, settled by the Waldenses from northern Italy over 100 years ago.
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