Other Natural Heritage Sites

While best known to outdoor enthusiasts for its scenic mountains and rivers, the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area also includes many spectacular locations that showcase the diversity of plants, wildlife and geologic features found in the North Carolina mountains.

Other places honored as Natural Heritage Sites by the Governor's Year of the Mountains Commission include:

Bat Cave
Doughton Park
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Julian Price Memorial Park
Linville Caverns
Museum of North Carolina Minerals
Nantahala River Bogs
North Carolina Arboretum       
Panthertown Valley
Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education
Western North Carolina Nature Center