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Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
The Road To Nowhere
Cooper Creek Trout Farm & Pond
Mountain Layers Brewing Company
Appalachian Rivers Aquarium
Goldmine Loop Trail
Tuckasegee River
Elizabeth Ellison Gallery
Fly fishing Museum of The Southern Appalachians
Hemlock Inn
Bryson City Island Park
Deep Creek Winery
Darnell Farms
Swain County Visitor’s Center and Heritage Museum
Bryson City is a small town in North Carolina known as a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, surrounded by fields of wildflowers, cool streams, part of the Appalachian Trail and a range of other more or less difficult hiking trails. The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad offers train rides through the park and a visit to the Smoky Mountain Trains Museum. The Tuckasegee River is popular for white-water rafting. The Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians has fishing gear and 1800s fly rods. Cooper Creek Trout Farm and Trout Pond spread on 70 acres of pristine North Carolina Mountain beauty and offers trout fishing year around.
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