Explore Downtown Blowing Rock
If you enjoy charming little NC mountain towns such as Waynesville, Burnsville, and Little Switzerland, you’ll love exploring downtown Blowing Rock.
Though Moravian Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg visited the area in 1752, the real roots of the town began in the mid-1800’s, when the Greene family settled on a site that eventually became the Green Park Inn property.
Other Scotch-Irish families soon arrived, and Blowing Rock NC was incorporated as a town in 1889.
Today, the tiny town of around 1,500 permanent residents swells to 8,000+ residents in the summertime, when the cool climate and sensational scenery of the High Country draws visitors north from Asheville and beyond.
The downtown area is eminently walkable, with numerous Blowing Rock hotels close to an array of unique boutiques, art galleries, antique stores, and gift shops.
There are also dozens of great Blowing Rock restaurants to choose from, including favorites such as The Speckled Trout, Bistro Roca, and Timberlake’s.
