The Baird House is the oldest house in the county (1780's), is the only B & B located on the river, has 12 private mountain acres to enjoy, serves a large hot breakfast daily and has guestrooms w/ fireplaces, hot tubs,cable tv, dvd players & vcrs offering wi-fi to it's guests. Homemade chocolate chip cookies, hot drinks, ice,sodas & freshly home baked coffee cakes are available ( complimentary, of course ) 24/7. The inn is located 15 minutes from Boone,NC home of Appalachian State University...25 minutes from Blowing Rock, NC, Appalachian Ski Resort, an entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway,Grandfather Mountain ( site of the Grandfather Mountain scottish Highland Games ), Sugar Mountain Ski resort. Flyfishing is done in our front yard. Hike to the Valle Crucis waterfall, a 3.3 mile drive to the parking area. Horseback riding stables are less than 2 miles from the inn and so is the Original Mast General Store, the oldest general store in operation in America. Linville Falls is a 45 minutes drive from here. Take a day and tour Biltmore in Ashville, NC a short beautiful 2 hour drive.
Enjoy genuine Southern hospitality with 3rd generation innkeepers whose families owned/operated resorts, hotels
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