Grandfather Mountain and Linville Caverns/Falls
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bit of information on Grandfather Mountain and
the beautiful caves and falls near Linville.
 Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina sits at 5,964 and is one of
the highest peaks in all of the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
Since the early 1950’s, Grandfather
Mountain has been a
Grandfather Mountain
2050 Blowing Rock
Highway
Linville, NC 28646
828-733-4337 |
Linville Caverns
19929 US 221 North
Marion, NC 28752
800-419-0540
828-733-4337 |
visitor favorite and
continues to draw record crowds each year. The
Mile High Swinging Bridge was created in 1952
and it links two separate peaks of the mountain.
Visitors walk across the swinging bridge, which
is suspended by cables and looks across
the ocean of mountain peaks that you can view
from atop Grandfather. In addition to excellent
hiking and picnic areas, Grandfather is also
home to several endangered animal habitats, and
kids of all ages love getting to see the
mountain lions, otters, elk and deer species. Also, each year in July, thousands of Scottish
people and visitors flock to Grandfather for the
annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, a
meeting of the Scottish clans for games, fun and
plenty of food!
 The Linville Caverns are the only limestone
caverns in the United States that open to
tourists. Visitors can explore the inside of the
dark, wet cave and learn more about the interior
of the beautiful mountains. The caves are
actively forming and visitors are discouraged
from touching the stalagmites and stalactites,
however the tour takes you through many
different regions of the caverns and even over a
hidden bridge that sits above the famous
bottomless pool in the caverns. Divers and
aquatic explorers have tried at various times to
reach the bottom of this clear, deep pool of
water, and surprisingly, no researcher has ever
found the bottom. Dress appropriately when
visiting Linville Caverns NC as the actual
temperature inside the cave remains around 52
degrees in
the summer months.
Linville Falls is a beautiful waterfall
located just off the Blue Ridge Parkway
in the Linville Gorge Wilderness area.
Renowned for its natural beauty, this
area is filled with many waterfalls,
however Linville Falls is very unique as
it has the highest volume of any
waterfall found along the Northern Edge
of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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