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The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park is a country estate in honor of Moses H. Cone in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. It is on the Blue Ridge Parkway between mileposts 292 and 295 with access at milepost 294. [2] Most locals call it Cone Park. The park is run by the National Park Service and is open to the public.
Green Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Blowing Rock in Caldwell County and Watauga County, North Carolina, United States.The district includes 46 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures associated with a residential summer resort in the town of Blowing Rock.
Blowing Rock is a town in Watauga and Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.The population was 1,397 at the 2021 census. [4]The Caldwell County portion of Blowing Rock is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Watauga County portion is part of the Boone Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Blowing Rock is accessible from Charlotte via I-85 South to U.S. 321 North. From Raleigh or Durham, take I-40 West to U.S. 421 North, then to U.S. 321.
Bass Lake, also known as Cone Lake, [1] is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) man-made lake or reservoir located in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States.The Moses H. Cone estate, also called Flat Top Manor, is on a hillside overlooking the lake, whose elevation is 3,563 feet (1,086 m). [1]
The legend of the Blowing Rock is that a Cherokee brave leapt from the rock into the wilderness below, only to have a gust of wind return him to his lover on top of the rock. [1] This is a typical example of a lover's leap legend. Blowing Rock is private property; a fee for access is payable at the adjacent souvenir shop.
Tweetsie Railroad is located on US 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Tweetsie Railroad's Wild West-themed operating season is from April to October. The park is open on weekends in the spring and autumn, and Thursdays through Mondays (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from Memorial Day weekend until mid-August. In addition, the ...
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