Nearby – Adventures
Hike Waterrock Knob - Fun Easy Close - Time: 1-2 hours total. Distance: 11 miles.
Lake Junaluska - Fun Easy Close - Time: 2-3 hours total. Distance: 6 miles.
Corneille Bryan native garden - Part of Lake Junaluska – Beautiful native garden. As you drive around Lake Junaluska, just across from the start of the rose garden, look for a sign for the garden and a small road leading away from the lake. Park at the end and walk around the garden.
See The Milkyway – Even if the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed to cars, you can still walk on it… Goto Waterrock Knobb for this.
Go to the movies - The Strand Theater shows FREE Kids movies and not free Classic films
Downtown Waynesville - A cute, historic street of shoppes. See your Orientation instructions. for directions to Waynesville. Distance: 8 miles.
Mast General Store - A general store with all sort of "stuff". Fun for everyone. Distance: 8 miles.
Soco Falls– Beautiful waterfalls right on the side of US-19. Distance 7 miles. Go LEFT on Soco Road, into the mountains about 7 miles. It's on your left. You'll miss it at first, then need to UTurn and come back.
1/2 Day Adventures
Go See the Elk - Cataloochee National Forest – Time: 3 hours
Waynesville Rec Center – Fun Easy Close - Time: 1-2 hours total
Waynesville Visitor Information Center – "the guy (Bob) can tell you where fun things are"
Cruise the Blueridge Parkway – it's just 2 miles away.
Day Trips
Climb Chimney Rock + Hickory Nut Gap Farm + Flying Cloud Farm
Sliding Rock + Looking Glass Falls. Time: 3-5 hours
Cherokee Nation – Cool. – Time: 3 hours