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This is why they call it the Blue Ridge Mountains!

•Photo taken near the Linn Cove Viaduct in Avery County, North Carolina

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This now abandoned old store is located on Buckeye Road in the Beech Creek community in Avery County, North Carolina

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•Grandfather Mountain rises 5,964 feet above sea level.

•It is located at the meeting point of Avery, Caldwell, and Watauga counties.

•The mountain is famous for its rugged character, and is home to many hidden caves and significant cliffs.

•It has been reported that Grandfather Mountain has experienced some of the "highest surface wind speeds ever recorded," with unverified speeds in excess of 200 mph.

•Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains. (Nearby Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi River, is on the western escarpment.)

•The Blue Ridge Parkway passes by the south side of the mountain and also passes over the nearby Grandmother Gap.

•Grandfather Mountain’s famous Mile High Swinging Bridge, built in 1952, is America’s highest suspension footbridge.

•Two rivers have headwaters on Grandfather Mountain, the Linville River, flowing east, and the Watauga River, flowing west.

•Many lesser streams originate on the slopes of Grandfather, including: Upper Boone Fork, Little Wilson Creek, Wilson Creek (North Carolina), Stack Rock Creek, and others.

•The primary massif (ridge) of the mountain is oriented roughly north to south, and features four named peaks:

Calloway Peak (5,964 ft.), Attic Window Peak (5,949 ft.), MacRae Peak (5,844 ft.), and Linville Peak (5,295 ft.).

•Due to the considerable elevation gain, the mountain boasts 16 distinct ecological communities.

•The mountain is estimated to be 300 million years old – with certain rock formations dating back 1.2 billion years.

📍Pictured is Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina from an airplane. November 2023 by flyinredneck.

(Information from Grandfather Mountain)

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The old abandoned Tar Heel Mica Company at Plumtree, Avery County, North Carolina

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February 2026- Frozen Mill Pond in Banner Elk in Avery County, North Carolina

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Stamey Town Missionary Baptist Church located on Stamey Branch Road in Avery County, North Carolina

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Abandoned house in Avery County, North Carolina

(Diary of Abandonment, 2016)

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1908- Farm at the foot of Spear Tops by the North Toe River near the Spear community in what is now Avery County, N.C. Avery County was formed in 1911.

(Photo from the H. H. Brimley Photograph Collection, State Archives of NC, PhC.42)