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SPORTS & RECREATION / PARKS & NATURE

Nature Centers & Gardens

Botanical Gardens at Asheville
151 W. T. Weaver Boulevard
Asheville 828-252-5190
www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org

The Bullington Center
95 Upper Red Oak Trail
Hendersonville 828-698-6104
www.bullingtoncenter.org

North Carolina Arboretum
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way
Asheville 828-665-2492
www.ncarboretum.org

Orchard at Altapass
1025 Orchard Road
Spruce Pine 828-765-9531
www.altapassorchard.org

Parks & Recreation Contacts

Asheville Parks & Recreation
828-259-5800
www.ashevillenc.gov

Buncombe County Parks & Recreation
828-250-4260
www.buncombecounty.org

State & Federal Parkland

Cold Mountain
Blue Ridge Parkway
Milepost 412
Clayton

DuPont State Forest
828-877-6527
www.dupontforest.com

Grandfather Mountain
US 221 & Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 305
Linville 828-733-4337
www.grandfather.com

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
US 441 North
Cherokee 828-497-1900
www.nps.gov/grsm

Holmes Educational State Forest
1299 Crab Creek Road
Hendersonville 828-692-0100
https://www.ncesf.org/holmes.html

Lake James State Park
6883 NC Highway 126
Nebo 828-584-7728
http://ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/laja/main.php

Mount Mitchell State Park
2388 State Highway 128
Burnsville 828-675-4611
http://ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main.php