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1️⃣Grandfather Mountain State Park
🚘30 minutes from Boone, NC
🚘1:25 from Asheville, NC
🚘2:30 from Greenville, SC
🚘2:10 from Charlotte, NC
✨Hike the Grandfather Trail (strenuous and involves ladders), walk the swinging bridge, see Forest Gump Curve, and visit the otters, bears, and other animals.
💲20/adult and $10 for kids ages 4-12
2️⃣Gorges State Park
🚘1:20 from Asheville, NC
🚘1:25 from Greenville, SC
🚘40 minutes from Highlands, NC
🚘3 hours from Charlotte, NC
✨Visit the waterfalls: Rainbow Falls, Upper Bearwallow Falls, and Turtleback Falls.
💲No entry fee
3️⃣Chimney Rock
🚘40 minutes from Asheville, NC
🚗1:15 from Greenville, SC
🚗2 hours from Charlotte, NC
✨See Hickory Nut Falls, hike Exclamation Point, see the views from Chimney Rock, and explore Gneiss Cave.
💲$17/adult and $8/kid, 2 and under are free
🐾Dog friendly, must be on a leash
🕝Hours are seasonal, but currently open 08:30-17:30
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