Asheville, NC

March 17th - April 6th, 2024

Asheville is located at the base of the ease side of the Great Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge Mountains. There’s tons of amazing hiking around and the scenery is incredible. The city itself is also known for being a haven for hippies and artists.

We loved our Airbnb that was a cute historic house near downtown Asheville. Most days after work we would walk into the city and go to the many museums or restaurants.

Waterfall hikes

There are a ton of awesome waterfall hikes in the area surrounding Asheville. These hikes include Dry Falls, Hooker Falls, Linville Falls, Looking Glass Falls, Moore Cove Falls, Sliding Rock and Triple Falls.

Dry Falls, NC — not very dry amirite?

Dry Falls, NC

Hooker Falls, NC

Linville Falls, NC

Looking Glass Falls, NC

Bridge along the Moore Cove Falls trail

Walking along the Moore Cove Falls trail

Moore Cove Falls, NC

Sliding Rock falls featuring Trevor

Triple Falls, NC

High Falls, NC

Highpoints

While here, Trevor knocked out 5 highpoints on his quest to summit the tallest highpoint in each state. These were South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina.

The summit of Black Mountain, the Kentucky highpoint.

A wild horse along the trail to the Mount Rogers summit, the Virginia highpoint.

Wild horses along the Mount Rogers trail.

The summit marker at the top of Mount Rogers.

At the summit of Mount Rogers, the Virginia highpoint.

The Mount Rogers trail near the summit.

The Mount Rogers trail.

At Sassafras Mountain, the South Carolina highpoint.

The lookout tower on Brasstown Bald, the Georgia highpoint.

Brasstown Bald, the Georgia highpoint.

Mount Mitchel State Park, the North Carolina highpoint.

Chimney Rock State Park

Chimney Rock State Park is a cool state park featuring... you guessed it, a chimney shaped rock. There is an elevator inside the rock that you can ride to the top. The views at the top are really amazing and there are a lot of other fun hikes to do in the park as well.

Chimney Rock State Park

Hickory Nut Falls in Chimney Rock State Park

The view of Lake Lure from the restaurant we ate it near Chimney Rock State Park

Asheville

We loved the city of Asheville, it's big enough that the downtown area feels lively and substantial but small enough to not feel like a big city. There's also a heavy emphasis on art throughout the city. We loved our Airbnb which was located in a beautiful, historic neighborhood. The owners of the Airbnb actually own a comedy tour company that we went on which was so amazing and hysterical.