UNDERSTANDING DESTINATIONS

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UNDERSTANDING DESTINATIONS
5.02 Explain major travel destinations in North
Carolina (Mountain Region)
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Major destinations in the Mountain Region

• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Harrahs Cherokee Casino Hotel
• Farmers Market
• Biltmore Estate
• Mount Mitchell State Park
• Unto These Hills
• Horn in the West

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• 469 miles of scenic toll-free
  roadway
• Connects the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
  with the Great Smoky National Park in North
  Carolina and Tennessee
• No commercial vehicles allowed

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• Established in 1934
• 520,408 acres of land with heights ranging from
  840 feet at Abrams Creek to 6,643 feet at
  Clingmans Dome
• One of the largest protected areas in the Eastern
  US
• An International Biosphere Reserve and a World
  Heritage Site

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Harrahs Cherokee Casino Hotel

• Opened in November 1997
  by the Eastern Band of Cherokee
  Indians
• 175,000 sq. ft. facility features an expanding
  gaming area 2,700 video-based gaming machines
• Day-care facility for children and young adults
  up to age 20
• Must be 21 to enter
• Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• 252 room, 15-story luxury hotel opened in 2002
  adjacent to casino

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Farmers Market

• Asheville, NC
• 36 acre market facility
• Operated by the NC Dept. of Agriculture
• Open year round with seasonal hours

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Biltmore Estate

• Asheville, NC
• Americas largest private house, created by
  George Vanderbilt in 1895
• 250 room French Renaissance chateau on 8,000
  acres
• One of countrys most visited
  residences
• 75 acres of gardens, walking
  trials, and an
  award-winning winery
• Lodging available at the Inn on
  the Estate

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• 1,855 acres
• Highest point east of the Mississippi River
• North Carolinas first state park
• Dedicated in 1915

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Unto These Hills

• Cherokee, NC
• Americas most popular outdoor drama
• Re-enactment of the story behind the
  Cherokee
  Trail of Tears
• Opened July 1, 1950

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Horn in the West

• Boone, NC
• Musical saga of Daniel and the mountain men as
  they struggled with the
  red-coated militia and the
  Cherokee War Chief, Dragging Canoe
• Started in 1952