Melissa’s guidebook

Melissa
Melissa’s guidebook

Our Favorite Day Hikes Near Black Mountain

Here is a list of the best walking and hiking options located in or very near Black Mountain
Just 10 minutes from the house, the Montreat trails are top notch. Lookout is one of our favorites, it is short and steep with an amazing view. For a bigger challenge, checkout Greybeard Trail. They have a great website with a description of all of the trails and there is a map of the trails in the information center in the rental.
72 recommandé par les habitants
Montreat
72 recommandé par les habitants
Just 10 minutes from the house, the Montreat trails are top notch. Lookout is one of our favorites, it is short and steep with an amazing view. For a bigger challenge, checkout Greybeard Trail. They have a great website with a description of all of the trails and there is a map of the trails in the information center in the rental.
This small Liberal Arts College is a short 15 minute drive from the house and offers several well maintained trails.
50 recommandé par les habitants
Warren Wilson College
701 Warren Wilson Rd
50 recommandé par les habitants
This small Liberal Arts College is a short 15 minute drive from the house and offers several well maintained trails.
This lesser known trails system has several trails. Some are relatively flat but the real payoff is the steeper trails that will get your heart thumping as you ascend to some amazing views of the Swannanoa Valley.
10 recommandé par les habitants
Shopes Trail Head
10 recommandé par les habitants
This lesser known trails system has several trails. Some are relatively flat but the real payoff is the steeper trails that will get your heart thumping as you ascend to some amazing views of the Swannanoa Valley.
The entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway is less than 15 minutes from the house and from there the options are limitless but there are several great trails that can be accessed close in.
757 recommandé par les habitants
Blue Ridge Parkway
3884 Blue Ridge Parkway
757 recommandé par les habitants
The entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway is less than 15 minutes from the house and from there the options are limitless but there are several great trails that can be accessed close in.

Our Favorite Restaurants in Black Mountain

We love this place. Interesting menu and delicious crafty cocktails.
The Pure & Proper
We love this place. Interesting menu and delicious crafty cocktails.
Not open for dinner but there breakfast and lunch menu is delicious. Authentic “Miami Style” Cuban cafe!
40 recommandé par les habitants
Cousins Cuban Cafe
108 Broadway Avenue
40 recommandé par les habitants
Not open for dinner but there breakfast and lunch menu is delicious. Authentic “Miami Style” Cuban cafe!
Higher end seafood foreword delicious food.
45 recommandé par les habitants
Que Sera
101 Black Mountain Ave
45 recommandé par les habitants
Higher end seafood foreword delicious food.
Good food, nice outdoor seating area.
55 recommandé par les habitants
Black Mountain Bistro
203 E State St
55 recommandé par les habitants
Good food, nice outdoor seating area.
The food is fine but the location and atmosphere are one of a kind and worth stopping by.
25 recommandé par les habitants
The Bush Farmhouse
151 South Ridgeway Avenue
25 recommandé par les habitants
The food is fine but the location and atmosphere are one of a kind and worth stopping by.
This place has been here forever and makes excellent sandwiches. Open for lunch only.
51 recommandé par les habitants
Veranda Cafe & Gift
119 Cherry St
51 recommandé par les habitants
This place has been here forever and makes excellent sandwiches. Open for lunch only.
Quality sushi and they are open 7 days a week.
34 recommandé par les habitants
Sake Sushi
6 E Market St
34 recommandé par les habitants
Quality sushi and they are open 7 days a week.
Excellent Thai.
44 recommandé par les habitants
Thai Basil
227 W State St
44 recommandé par les habitants
Excellent Thai.
Delicious food and crafty cocktails.
Goldfinch Black Mountain
Delicious food and crafty cocktails.
A great cup of coffee
103 recommandé par les habitants
The Dripolator Coffeehouse
221 W State St
103 recommandé par les habitants
A great cup of coffee

Our Favorite Breweries Asheville

113 recommandé par les habitants
Zillicoah Beer Co.
870 Riverside Dr
113 recommandé par les habitants
New Origin Brewing Company

Our Favorite Restaurants in Asheville

This place has been here for ever because they consistently make delicious food.
74 recommandé par les habitants
Jerusalem Garden Café
78 Patton Ave
74 recommandé par les habitants
This place has been here for ever because they consistently make delicious food.
There is a reason this place gets so much attention. Order everything and share.
311 recommandé par les habitants
Chai Pani Asheville
22 Battery Park Ave
311 recommandé par les habitants
There is a reason this place gets so much attention. Order everything and share.
They have limited hours and a small menu but the best Thai curry in town.
59 recommandé par les habitants
Little Bee Thai
45 S French Broad Ave
59 recommandé par les habitants
They have limited hours and a small menu but the best Thai curry in town.
Everything you want in an inexpensive latin restaurant. Fresh ingredients, made to order with many local ingredients. This one is a gem.
La Rumba Restaurant Latino
Everything you want in an inexpensive latin restaurant. Fresh ingredients, made to order with many local ingredients. This one is a gem.
High end, cutting edge, amazing service and reservations are highly recommended.
279 recommandé par les habitants
Limones Restaurant
15 Eagle St
279 recommandé par les habitants
High end, cutting edge, amazing service and reservations are highly recommended.
The best Indian restaurant in town.
11 recommandé par les habitants
India Garden Restaurant
80 S Tunnel Rd
11 recommandé par les habitants
The best Indian restaurant in town.
This is a local favorite. The chicken wings are amazing.
38 recommandé par les habitants
East Village Grille
1177 Tunnel Rd
38 recommandé par les habitants
This is a local favorite. The chicken wings are amazing.

Our Favorite Day Hikes Further Out

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Graveyard Fields Loop Trail
Blue Ridge Parkway
176 recommandé par les habitants
Try to go on a clear day to get the best views.
12 recommandé par les habitants
Mount Mitchell Trailhead
South Toe River Road
12 recommandé par les habitants
Try to go on a clear day to get the best views.
There are several very nice and very accessible hikes from here. Stop in the visitor center for a map.
224 recommandé par les habitants
Craggy Gardens Visitor Center
364 Blue Ridge Pkwy
224 recommandé par les habitants
There are several very nice and very accessible hikes from here. Stop in the visitor center for a map.
Take the Blue Ridge Parkway North to this easy trail that features three huge waterfalls.
49 recommandé par les habitants
Linville Falls - Trail and Waterfall
49 recommandé par les habitants
Take the Blue Ridge Parkway North to this easy trail that features three huge waterfalls.
19 recommandé par les habitants
Mt. Pisgah Trailhead, Asheville, NC
19 recommandé par les habitants

Breweries in Black Mountain/Old Fort

Local microbrew with an interesting menu of unique beer and the food truck “Smoke” is an interesting take on BBQ.
56 recommandé par les habitants
Black Mountain Brewing
131 NC-9
56 recommandé par les habitants
Local microbrew with an interesting menu of unique beer and the food truck “Smoke” is an interesting take on BBQ.
Located in Old Fort, about 20 minutes from the house. Great beer, great atmosphere and typical bar food.
166 recommandé par les habitants
Hillman Beer
25 Sweeten Creek Rd
166 recommandé par les habitants
Located in Old Fort, about 20 minutes from the house. Great beer, great atmosphere and typical bar food.
Great small scale microbrewery.
63 recommandé par les habitants
Lookout Brewing Company
103 S Ridgeway Ave
63 recommandé par les habitants
Great small scale microbrewery.
Traditional brews with a twist. If you are in to craft beer, this is a stop you will not regret.
Whaley Farm Brewery
Traditional brews with a twist. If you are in to craft beer, this is a stop you will not regret.