Best Outdoor Adventures in Asheville for Kids & Families

Black Balsam Knob sits above the treeline at 6,214 feet and is one of the most dramatic alpine landscapes in the eastern US. The 1.7-mile roundtrip tr

Craggy Gardens sits above 5,500 feet on the Blue Ridge Parkway and offers one of the most dramatic above-the-treeline landscapes in the eastern US. Th

Looking Glass Falls is a 60-foot waterfall that drops directly into a swimming hole accessible from a short paved path, you can walk right up to the b

Chimney Rock is a 535-million-year-old granite monolith you can climb to via trail or elevator, with a 75-foot waterfall (Hickory Nut Falls) in the sa

Catawba Falls is a 100-foot waterfall at the end of a 1.5-mile (one way) trail that follows the Catawba River through old-growth forest. The trail cro