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Best Places To Go

Best Places To Go

The Winners

Mountain Town
Asheville: Platinum
Blowing Rock: Gold
Boone: Silver

Mountain Resort
Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa: Platinum
Brasstown Valley Resort: Gold
Greenbrier Resort: Silver

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Best State Parks

Best State Parks

The Winners

North Carolina State Park
Mount Mitchell State Park : Platinum
Chimney Rock Park : Gold (right: photo by Stephen Schoof)
Stone Mountain State Park : Silver

Virginia State Park
Grayson Highlands State Park : Platinum
Hungry Mother : Gold
Douthat : Silve...

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Best of the Outdoors

Best of the Outdoors

The Winners

Scenic Overlook

Platinum: Linn Cove Viaduct , Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 304 in North Carolina
Platinum: Peaks of Otter, Va., Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 86 in Virginia
Gold: Brasstown Bald, Ga.

Blue Ridge Parkway Stop

Platinum: Mabry Mill, Va. (MP ...
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Best of the Blue Ridge 2008

Welcome to the
Best of the Blue Ridge Awards

Every five years, we invite our readers to tell us their favorites – hikes, romantic getaways, state parks, musicians. This year, you responded by mail and through our website, and we discovered some new pla...

Damascus Trail Days: Taking to the Trail

Damascus Trail Days: Taking to the Trail

Want a true sense of just who the Appalachian Trail thru-hiker is? Saunter on into tiny Damascus, Va., May 14-16 for the full flavor.

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George Washington Hotel

George Washington Hotel

Jazz Age

Winchester, Va.’s historic George Washington Hotel is ideally located in the city’s historic district, just a block from a pedestrian mall that holds a variety of unique shops and eateries.

The five-story hotel opened in 1924 with 102 guest ro...

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Up On Grandfather Mountain

Up On Grandfather Mountain

The 5,964-foot peak is the only privately owned U.N. Biosphere Reserve among the 324 around the world. There's also Gerry the Bear and lots more to see and do on the peak that bills itself as "North Carolina's Top Attraction."

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