Local Interest

Local Interests

Things to Do Locally (5-15 minutes away)

Black Mountain, NC (5 minutes) 800-669-2301
Tree Haven Bed & Breakfast (5 minutes) 828-669-3841 or 888-448-3841
Bella Luna Inn (5 minutes) 828-664-9714 or 800-249-6979
Black Mountain Golf Course (10 minutes) 828-669-2710
Ivy Corner Antiques (5 minutes) 828-669-2177
Red Rocker Inn (5 minutes) 888-669-5991
Seven Sisters Gallery (5 minutes) 828-669-5107
Shadowbrook Miniature Golf (2 minutes) 828-669-5499
Song of the Wood (5 minutes) 828-669-7675
Owned by Jerry Read Smith, one of the country's premier designer/craftsman and performers of hammered dulcimers and bowed psaltries. Visit his workshop/showroom.
Tyson's Furniture (5 minutes) 828-669-5000

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Things to Do Nearby (20-50 minutes)

Asheville, NC(20 minutes) 828-258-1601
Asheville Antique Mall (25 minutes) 828-253-3634
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC (20 minutes) 800-543-2961
Botanical Gardens (30 minutes) 828-252-5190
Asheville Farmers' Market (20 minutes) 828-253-1691
Folk Art Center (15 minutes) 828-298-2711
Grove Park Inn (25 minutes) 828-252-2711
Horeseback Riding 828-298-7979
Linville Caverns (50 minutes) 800-419-0540
North Carolina Arboretum (30 minutes) 828-665-2492
Old Fort Museum (15 minutes)
The Thomas Wolfe Memorial (20 minutes) 828-253-8304
Zebulon Vance Birthplace (40 minutes)

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Day Trips (1 hour or more from Christmount)

Blue Ridge Parkway (15 minutes) 828-298-0398
Carl Sandburg Home - Connemara (1 hour) 828-693-4178
Cherokee Indian Reservation and Museum (1.25 hours) 800-438-1601
Chimney Rock (1 hour) 800-277-9611
Cradle of Forrestry (1 hour) 828-877-3130
Gem and Mineral Museum (1 hour)
Grandfather Mountain (1.5 hrs.) 800-468-7325
Great Smoky Mountain National Park (1.5 hours) 423-436-1200
Great Smoky Mountain Railway (1 hour) 800-872-4681
Lake Lure (1 hour)
Linville Falls (1 hour)
Mount Mitchell (50 minutes) 828-675-4611
The highest peak in the eastern United States
Mount Pisgah (40 minutes)
Pisgah National Forest (1 hour)
Skiing (1.25 hours)
Sugar Mountain Ski Resort 800-784-2768
Whitewater Rafting (1.25 hours)
Nantahala Outdoor Center 800-232-7238
Wildwater Rafting 800-451-9972