The Pisgah National Forest has over 500,000 acres of mountains, waterfalls and forests. Things to see in Pisgah Forest Pisgah National Forest Ranger Station & Visitor Center Sycamore Flats Picnic Area Coon Tree Picnic Area Looking Glass Falls Cradle of Forestry in America Historic Site Sliding Rock Moore’s Cove Falls From the cabin, turn right…
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Berkley Mills Park has nature trails and a picnic area. It is this end of the Oklawaha Greenway Trail. The parking for this end of the Oklawaha Greenway is at Berkley Mills Park. Actually, it is across the road from Berkley Mills Park. Drive past the entrance to the park on the left to the…
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Boyd Park has two tennis courts and a miniature golf course. This small park has two tennis courts and a putt-putt golf course with a whimsical local motif. Greens look like the Biltmore House, the Carl Sandburg House and other local motifs. Miniature golf is open from May to September. Tennis is year-round. There are…
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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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Mount Pisgah is 5,721 feet high. It marks where Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties meet. You can see Mount Pisgah from everywhere around here. It is the mountain with the TV Tower on it. The hike to the top of the mountain is only a mile and a half each way. It starts out…
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Toms Park has a picnic table and a little nature walk. This is where the Whitmire Activity Building is. A rock show is held here every year and there are other shows, too. The biggest feature is shuffleboard courts. Toms Park and the Whitmire Activity Building are located on Lily Pond Lane off West Allen…
Read MoreUS 276, near the Pisgah National Forest Entrance (from 64), on the left, just as you enter the park. This is a great place for tubing the river. There are tables, grills and wading or splashing areas. You can swim, but not far. There is no charge.
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Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Connemara Farms, the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg Open daily, 9 AM – 5 PM Home of Poet and Author Carl Sandburg and Goat Dairy of his wife, Paula Sandburg. 264 acres of pastures, ponds, small mountains, hiking trails and fifty structures. Admission to the…
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