Chimney Rock Park has the best of the mountains all in one place. Enjoy hiking trails for all skill levels or take the elevator up to Chimney Rock, a 315-foot granite rock formation for amazing 75-mile views. This beautiful park in the scenic Hickory Nut Gorge features Devil’s Head balancing rock and the 404-foot Hickory…
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Patton Park is the City of Hendersonville’s largest park. Patton Park has baseball fields, basketball courts, racquetball courts, tennis courts, picnic pavilions, a fenced playground, a paved dog walking trail, Skate Park, and an Olympic-size swimming pool. There is plenty of parking. Patton Park connects to the Oklawaha Greenway Trail. Oklawaha Greenway Trail > Patton…
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Pink Beds has picnic tables, grills and picnic shelters.There are restrooms. It is right next to the Cradle of Forestry in America. It is called Pink Beds for the pink rhododendron, mountain laurel and azalea. It is really beautiful. The hiking trail, an easy, five mile loop crosses into the Cradle of Forestry. There is…
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DuPont State Forest has 10,400 acres of forest, trails, and waterfalls in the Little River valley of Henderson and Transylvania counties. Explore 80 miles of roads and trails through Western North Carolina mountains. Open to the public for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Discover waterfalls and incredible views. Scenes in Last of the Mohicans…
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The Western North Carolina Air Museum has a collection of airplanes and other flying machines. At the Western North Carolina Air Museum you won’t find guards, ticket sellers and concessionaires. You’ll only find airplanes and people who love them. The volunteers are wonderful. They really know about what is on display and they want to…
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Meadowbrook Log Cabin is in Hendersonville, North Carolina. We have a great downtown area with museums, restaurants, boutiques, galleries and craft stores, jewelry stores, antique stores and gift shops. Shopping We have over seventy different stores in the historic downtown areas. Shop at antique stores, specialty shops, consignment stores and galleries. The Village Green Antique…
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This is Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata). It is native to this area. Dwarf Crested Iris have really short stems, only one or two inches. It is three or four inches tall to the top of the flower. It has a faint fragrance. This is the most common color, but I have seen them darker…
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Clairmont Drive – Druid Hills Historic District Walking or Driving Tour Starting from the log cabin on Meadowbrook Terrace, go left. Take the right fork, up the hill on Clairmont Drive. The historic neighborhood doesn’t start until the corner, but two of my favorite houses are not quite in the neighborhood. Odd numbers are on…
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This is a painted turtle by the brook in the yard of Meadowbrook Log Cabin. We don’t see them often by the brook. Painted turtles prefer slower moving water. But, in the Spring, when they are looking for love, they range. Later they will lay eggs. Painted turtles can lay just one egg or a…
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It used to be really unusual to see a wild turkey in Western North Carolina. More recently we are seeing them, sometimes even in town. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission started a restoration program in the 1950s. They trapped over 6,000 Eastern Wild Turkeys in areas where there were a lot and moved them to…
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