Links to Attractions

Here's some of our favorite area links:

The Chimney Rock Guide is a listing of community businesses, activities, and attractions in the Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, Bat Cave and Gerton area.

The Rutherford County Tourism Development Authority provides information on businesses, activities, and attractions in our area.

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce offers a wealth of information on business, events, and resources in Rutherford County, NC.

Beautiful and scenic Chimney Rock Park. Enjoy an unequaled view atop Chimney Rock. Take your family and friends for a picnic, walk the trails and visit the waterfall. Many special events for the family. Definitely worth a visit!

LaStrada at Lake Lure - Exciting new restaurant across from beautiful Lake Lure. This full service bar and grille offers everything from excellent steaks to pizzas from paradise. Dine on the spacious outdoor porch and enjoy the most scenic views of the lake and mountains to be found.

Lake Lure Tours invites you to experience, first hand, the unique beauty of Lake Lure's 27 miles of shoreline. Step on board one of our spacious, covered boats, settle down in a luxurious seat, and for the next hour leave your worries behind.

Cedar Creek Stables is a public horseback riding facility, nestled in the beautiful mountains near Lake Lure. They also offer English and Western riding lessons from certified instructors and pony rides for children under eight.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site preserves Connemara, the 245-acre farm where Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg and his family lived the last 22 years of his life. The farm consists of a 22 room house, barns, sheds, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, trails, two small lakes, a trout pond, flower and vegetable gardens, and an orchard.

Located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina Flat Rock Playhouse is rated one of the top ten summer theatres in the nation. Over 63,000 people attended The State Theatre during the 1997 season, representing 46 states and several foreign countries.

Internet Blueridge offers full internet access, connections from 14.4 all the way up to and including US Robotics X2 56K technology, domain registration and hosting, full custom CGI application support, banner advertising, complete Web TV support, business solutions, internet training, and much more.

No house in America brings the glorious Gilded Age more vividly to life than Biltmore House. More than 90 rooms, faithfully preserved and filled with thousands of original furnishings, suggest that the Vanderbilts are still at home. From the opulent living quarters enjoyed by family and friends to the downstairs domain of the domestic staff, the House presents a detailed portrait of the great 19th-century country estate.

Family Fun Collectibles specializes in unique, licensed, collectible and novelty toys. They have an enormous collection of everything from Barbie, The Beatles, Elvis, Gone With The Wind, Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, and much more. A virtual paradise for kids of all age groups (including the adult variety)!

The Cradle of Forestry is a 6,500 acre National Historic Site within the Pisgah National Forest, set aside by Congress to commemorate the beginning of forestry conservation in the United States. The Center has an interactive exhibit hall, The Giving Tree Gift Shop and the Forest Bounty Cafe. Outdoor activities include two guided trails which lead you back in time to seven historical buildings, a 1915 Climax logging locomotive and the old sawmill. Thursdays through Sundays you may find a toy maker, a weaver, a quilter, a wood carver and a basket maker.

Lake Lure Community and Real Estate. Lake Lure is approximately 1,500 acres, with around twenty-seven miles of shoreline. National Geographic has called Lake Lure one of the most beautiful man-made lakes in the world. Located in Western North Carolina, Lake Lure sits in the heart of Hickory Nut Gorge. East of Asheville, the Rocky Broad River tears its way in a series of rapids down through Hickory Nut Gap over a 600 foot waterfall in Chimney Rock. This crystal clear water flows through a valley shaped roughly in the form of a Maltese cross to make Lake Lure.