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All aboard! Tweetsie Railroad NC is a
family theme park located between Boone
and Blowing Rock on Hwy 321, Blowing
Rock Road, and is just one of numerous
Western North Carolina attractions. After
opening in 1957, the park became a huge success
and continues to take children and visitors on a
three mile, looped, train ride, however over the
years the park has evolved into a gigantic,
theme park attraction complete with shows and
characters, a chair lift, plenty of fun rides
for all ages, and delicious food.
 The
train that typically takes riders through the
Blue Ridge Mountains is an authentic steam
locomotive, built in 1917, named #12. This
narrow gauge 4-6-0 coal fired train hauled
passengers on the East Tennessee and Western
North Carolina Railroad (ET-WNC), from Johnson
City Tennessee
Tweetsie
Railroad
300 Tweetsie Railroad Ln
Blowing Rock, NC 28605
800-526-5740 |
to our area in Boone North
Carolina. The train became known as “Tweetsie”
as its whistle made the familiar “tweet tweet”
sound each round trip.
In addition to Tweetsie’s fun train ride which
takes you through the gorgeous Blue Ridge
Mountains, Tweetsie also has various other
rides, some for small children, and others for
the whole family. Most of Tweetsie’s wild west
charm comes from its many performers and park
characters that are featured in shows and other
theatre performances. Meet the Sheriff in town
or head on over to the corral and meet a few
gunslingers. Of course, no western theme park
would be complete without their own saloon
showgirls, and Tweetsie’s Cowboy Canteen is the
venue for Tweetsie’s famous can-can girls.
 Tweetsie
Railroad NC is open from the first weekend in May
to the last weekend in October. The park is open
only the weekends during the beginning of the
season in the spring and fall, and daily during
the summer months. In addition to the regular
train season, the park is open Friday and
Saturday nights in October for its annual Ghost
Train Halloween festival event.
Boone, Banner Elk, and Blowing Rock are full of
historic, and interesting places with unique
stories and charm. Take a moment and learn more
about our lovely area in Western North Carolina,
a place you simply never want to leave. If you
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