High Country Social Distancing Kid-Friendly Things to Do in the Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Blowing Rock, Boone, Sugar Mountain, West Jefferson, Wilkesboro Area:

BANNER ELK

• Take a weekend farm tour at Apple Hill Farm. Meet and learn about the alpaca, donkeys and other animals on the farm.
• Have a picnic, play in the water and walk the trails at Tate Evans Park.
• Schedule a time to visit Grandfather Mountain.  See the animals, walk over the mile-high swinging bridge and have a picnic.

BEECH MOUNTAIN

• Rent a free canoe, kayak, boat (even a fishing pole!) at Buckeye Lake, through the Buckeye Recreation Center. For reservations, click HERE
• Take a family friendly hike or mountain biking ride in the Emerald Outback 
• Take a scenic chair lift ride at Beech Mountain Resort
• Grab a pizza from Brick Oven Pizzeria and enjoy a picnic in the kite field.

BLOWING ROCK

• Try Axe Throwing or Archery at the outdoor Tomahawk Hill located at Mystery Hill.
• Go ziplining with a scheduled trip just for your family at High Gravity Adventures or Sky Valley Zip Tours.
• Take a canoe, kayak, boat or paddleboard ride at Price Lake Boat Rentals.
• Explore the mountains with a family hike on the Moses Cone Carriage Trails.  This graveled trail network is wide enough to social distance.
• Take a picnic to the Price Park Picnic Area and let the smaller kids play in the water.

BOONE

• Take a tour of Hickory Ridge Homestead and Living History Museum and the Daniel Boone Native Gardens located next door.
• Go on a sculpture walk around the campus of Appalachian State University.
• Take a walk on the Boone Greenway Trail.
• Go mountain bike riding at Rocky Knob Park.
• Take a canoe, kayak or tubing ride down the New or Watauga River. 
• Go fishing or play in the water at Valle Crucis Park.

SEVEN DEVILS

• Take a zip tour sceduled for just your group at Hawksnest Zipline. 
• Go fishing (where you are guaranteed a catch!) at Grandfather Trout Farm.

SUGAR MOUNTAIN

• Take a scenic lift ride at Sugar Mountain Resort.
• Play a friendly family game of tennis or golf at Sugar Mountain Municipal Golf Course.

WEST JEFFERSON

• Walk around the downtown Mural Trail (pick up a map at the Ashe County Chamber of Commerce).
• Play disc golf at Ashe County Park.
• Go fishing at the Lansing Heritage Trout Waters.
• Go out on the New River with Zaloo's Canoes, Kayaks and Tubes.

WILKESBORO

• Bike or fish on the area's largest greenway, Yadkin River Greenway.
• Mountain bike, fish or get out on the water at Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir.
• Camp out, fish and hike to the old homestead at Stone Mountain State Park.
• Go on a family horseback ride at Leatherwood Mountains.

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