Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureGrandfather Mountain
$25–$50Cross the Mile High Swinging Bridge between two rocky peaks, see bears, otters and elk, and hike high mountain trails.
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Tweetsie Railroad
Tweetsie Railroad is an attraction in Blowing Rock, NC, part of the Western North Carolina guide. Cost: $50 or more. Daytime park open April through early November; Tweetsie Christmas evenings late November through December.
300 Tweetsie Railroad Ln · Blowing Rock, NC
Why you should go…
Tweetsie Railroad is a Wild West theme park between Boone and Blowing Rock that opened on July 4, 1957. The main event is a three-mile train ride around the mountain behind a historic narrow-gauge steam locomotive. Beyond the train you get live shows, classic amusement rides, gold panning and the Deer Park Zoo. Fall brings the nighttime Ghost Train, and Tweetsie Christmas runs from late November through December.
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