Nearest Airport
: Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT)
at 87
Miles
Nearest Barpub
: Alpen Inn
at 0.5
Miles
Nearest Ski
: Ski Beech
at 1
Miles
Nearest Golf
: Beech Mountain Club Golf Course
at 2
Miles
Nearest Restaurant
: Alpen Inn
at 0.5
Miles
Beech Mountain (at 5,506 feet) is the highest town in the Eastern United States. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 72 degrees on the mountain. Annual average snowfall is over 80 inches. The town embraces a wide range of cultural activities: street dances, block parties/town-wide cookouts, and arts and crafts festivals. Beech Mountain is known to riders around the world thanks to the Tour DuPont, America’s foremost road race that was run through the High Country during the 1980s. The climb up Beech (on Highway 184) was recognized as the toughest leg of them all, four miles long and 2,300 feet steep. Lance Armstrong, trained and raced to victory on Beech Mountain. The town boasts incredible opportunities to view mountain-top wildlife in its most natural state. Tuesday Guided Hikes on Beech Mountain offer visitors the chance to take hikes focusing on the mountain’s waterfalls, berry picking, and “flora and fauna” specific to the mountain.
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