Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureLake James State Park
No admission feeSwim from a sandy lake beach, ride mountain bike loops and camp at paddle-in sites on a big Blue Ridge foothills lake east of Asheville.
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Sightseeing
Marion Train Depot
A 19th-century rail depot in Marion, North Carolina, now home to city economic development offices and available as a event rental.
58 Depot Street, Marion, NC 28752 · Marion, NC
About Marion Train Depot
The depot in Marion was first built in the 1860s to handle freight for a western rail line, and it is considered one of the older surviving depots in Western North Carolina. Additions came in the 1930s and early 1950s. Passenger trains stopped serving it in the 1970s. A city renovation in 2005, supported by the state transportation department, reshaped it for modern use. Today the city's economic development office works there, and the building can be rented for meetings, celebrations, and similar gatherings for up to 110 seated guests.
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