Arden, North Carolina Travel Information

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Bat Cave - Edneyville (Distance: 0.6 mi) Beautiful mountain roads highlight this wonderful ride through rural apple orchard country. Some of the terrain is rolling, but there are also several long, hard climbs and one six-mile-long, fast win...

Skyland, NC - Road Biking - length:42 mi

Carl Sandburg Metric Century (Distance: 1.4 mi) Be ready for plenty of rolling hills as you ride from small town to small town, past horse farms and alongside the French Broad River. Partway through the route, you'll pass by the famous poet, biogra...

Skyland, NC - Road Biking - length:63 mi

Cane Creek - Emmas Grove (Distance: 1.5 mi) This is one of the flattest rides in the Asheville area. However, you must remember that "flat" is a relative term in the mountains, where nothing is truly level for any sustained distance. Expect gen...

Skyland, NC - Road Biking - length:26 mi

Lakes of the Southern Mountains (Distance: 1.8 mi) Each lake has its own particular characteristics, and each has certain species that are more likely to be found. Lake Julian is about a mile long and about 0.3 to 0.5 mile wide. Compared with other la...

Asheville, NC - Birding - length:unknown

Buck Spring Trail (Distance: 4.8 mi) A largely graded trail makes a pleasant walk from the Pisgah Inn to the site of George Vanderbilt’s Buck Spring Hunting Lodge.

Skyland, NC - Hiking - length:unknown

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Brookwood Brookwood Golf Course Public, 18 holes 2643 yards, par 35 1.9 miles from center of Arden, North Carolina

Broadmoor Broadmoor Golf Links Public, 18 holes 6921 yards, par 72 2.9 miles from center of Arden, North Carolina

Southern Tee Southern Tee Golf Course Public, 18 holes 2573 yards, par 54 3.1 miles from center of Arden, North Carolina

Biltmore Forest Biltmore Forest Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6606 yards, par 72 4.7 miles from center of Arden, North Carolina

Asheville Municipal Asheville Municipal Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6356 yards, par 72 7.8 miles from center of Arden, North Carolina

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