Experience Black Mountain, NC: America's Prettiest Small Town
Black Mountain, located just 15 miles from Asheville, NC, is a charming small town, complete with a vibrant walkable downtown, a thriving arts and crafts scene, and access to incredible outdoor adventure!
Readers of TripAdvisor have named Black Mountain The Prettiest Small Town Vacation in America!
You will find plenty of things to do in Black Mountain. Downtown streets are lined with independent shops, restaurants, art galleries, artisan eats, music halls, and breweries.
The town was once home to Black Mountain College, one of the most highly-respected and innovative experimental art colleges in the U.S. Today it remains an artist mecca with multiple galleries showcasing some of the region’s best southern Appalachian arts and crafts.
Shown in this video: Red House Studio and Galleries Visions of Creation Old Depot Black Mountain Center for the Arts Swannanoa Valley Museum Sassafras on Sutton Chifferobe C.W. Moose Trading Co. Tyson Furniture Town Hardware General Store Louise's Kitchen My Father's Pizza Phil's BBQ Foothills Butcher Bar Dynamite Roasting The Dripolator Hey Hey Cupcake The Hop Ice Cream Kilwins Town Pump and Tavern Black Mountain Ale House Black Mountain Brewing Pisgah Brewing Company Oak and Grist Distillery Black Mountain Ciderworks and Meadery Lookout Brewing White Horse Black Mountain Lake Tomahawk Lookout Mountain Trail
Made in NC: Noble Cider
An Asheville cidery’s local-to-the-core hard cider spritzers won the top prize in the Drink category of the 2019 Made in NC Awards.
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