On Hickory Nut Gap Road (County Route 1342) west of North Carolina Highway 184, on the left when traveling west.
In 1860 Banner Elk was a small community in the mountains of Watauga County (present-day Avery County). Then called Banner’s Elk, it was named for the local Banner family and the Elk River. During the last years of the Civil War, an organized system . . . — — Map (db m77533) HM
On Main Street West (State Highway 184/194) at Maple Court, on the right when traveling west on Main Street West.
Presbyterian. Founded in 1900 by Edgar Tufts. Named for teacher Elizabeth McRae & benefactor Mrs. S. P. Lees. Senior college since 1988. — — Map (db m98511) HM
On Linville Falls Highway (U.S. 221) at Sloop Mill Dam Road, on the left when traveling west on Linville Falls Highway.
Founded by Mary Martin Sloop, physician, 1913, to serve region's youth. Weaving Room, est. 1920, boosted revival of handicrafts. Campus ˝ mi. W. — — Map (db m77493) HM
On Linville Falls Highway (U.S. 221) west of Sloop Mill Dam Road, on the left when traveling west.
Nowhere is The Crossnore School's mission to provide hope and healing in a
homelike residential education setting for children from families in crisis more
lovingly portrayed than through Ben Long's rendering of Mark 10:14, “Suffer the . . . — — Map (db m229252) HM
Near Elk Park Highway (State Highway 194) at U.S. 19E, on the right when traveling east.
During the Civil War, natural resources such as salt, lead, and iron were highly prized commodities in the Confederacy. The government relied especially on small rural ironworks to manufacture cannons, swords, and firearms. Ruben White first mined . . . — — Map (db m77479) HM
On Hospital Drive, 0.5 miles south of Newland Highway (North Carolina Highway 181), on the left when traveling south.
Sarah Malinda Blalock and her husband, William McKesson “Keith” Blalock, lived in Coffey’s Gap on the Watauga and Caldwell County line in 1860. Keith Blalock was an avowed Unionist, but with the passage of the first Confederate . . . — — Map (db m77492) HM
Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 304.4), 1 mile north of Blowing Rock Highway (U.S. 221).
The first bridge of its type in the United States, the Linn Cove Viaduct is a product of design and construction techniques developed in Europe. The S-shaped structure contains 153 concrete segments, only one of which is straight. Weighing 50 tons . . . — — Map (db m134201) HM
Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 304.4), 1 mile north of Blowing Rock Highway (U.S. 221), on the right when traveling north.
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m134202) HM
On Library Place at Elk Street (North Carolina Road 1342), on the right when traveling east on Library Place.
Honoring those who served
remembering those who died
Revolutionary War
Barjonah William Braswell • Martin Davenport • William Davis • William Gragg • Joseph Pyatte • Robert Sevier • John Vance • Thomas Wiseman • William Wiseman . . . — — Map (db m229167) WM
On Montezuma Street at Elk Street (North Carolina Road 1342), on the right when traveling west on Montezuma Street.
[Front]
Dedicated to
the honor and
sacrifice of
our men and
women who
served our
country in
war and peace
[Back]
Erected by Veterans
of Foreign Wars
Pat Ray Post #4286
Avery County
1775 Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m229247) WM
Appalachian Trail, Yellow Mountain Gap. Yellow Mountain Gap is the junction of the Appalachian Trail and Historic Bright’s Trace, route used by the “Overmountain Men” to cross the mountain enroute to the Revolutionary War battle at . . . — — Map (db m3269) HM