Fall Color – North Carolina Travel & Tourism

Asheville appears to be your best bet for mountain fall colors. The higher elevations along the Blue Ridge Parkway are past their peak, but down around the city, they are still quite showy. In the Asheville area, the oaks and hickories are peaking, with their yellows, reds and browns, along with red sourwoods, the occasional [...]

North Carolina Travel Advisory: I-40 Info for travel from Tennessee – Nov 2, 2009

Fall color continues to shine throughout North Carolina, especially throughout the Piedmont area, and all areas of the state are accessible for color-watching trips despite the rockslide that has caused a detour on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina/Tennessee state line. The detour does not impact access to the Blue Ridge Parkway, nor travel to [...]

Weekly Fall Color Reports – Fall Color l Fall Fishing in NC – North Carolina Travel & Tourism

Week #7, October 27th

Mountain Region

Howard Neufeld, expert mountain reporter

Well folks, come on up for a drive and a view – the northwest mountains still offer spectacular to see. And if you take the Blue Ridge Parkway between Virginia and Asheville, you can view the colors as they move down-slope. Here in the [...]

Woolly Worm Festival This Weekend in Banner Elk

The 2009 Woolly Worm Festival

Banner Elk Elementary School- Downtown Banner Elk

Saturday October 17 & Sunday October 18

(“Always The Third Weekend in October”)

Saturday October 17; 9 am – 5 pm

Sunday October 18; 9 am – 4 pm

Admission: $5.00 (adults) $2 (kids 5-12) under age 5- free

Tickets will be sold [...]