• Echoes of the Valley Hike #6: Riceville (Rattlesnake Lodge)

    Swannanoa Valley Museum 223 West State Street , Black Mountain, NC, United States

    Led by Anne Chesky, Beth Fountain, and Rick Halford, and starting near the intersection of Riceville Road and Warren Wilson Road (Warren Wilson College), Valley History Explorers will visit several historic sites while learning about the history of Riceville and its namesake, Joseph Marion Rice. Stops on the tour will include Berea Baptist Church, Riceville […]

  • Trails Less Traveled: Charlies Bunion

    Swannanoa Valley Museum 223 West State Street , Black Mountain, NC, United States

    Join us for this 8-Mile out and back hike with an elevation gain of 1,640 feet to one of the most scenic vistas in The Great Smokies. Leaving from the Newfound Gap parking lot, this hike follows a gorgeous stretch of the Appalachian Trail through the highest closed-forest zone of Red Spruce and Fraser Fir […]