Recreation area

Moses Cone Manor House and Visitor Center (Milepost 294)

Blue Ridge Parkway · Blowing Rock · North Carolina — managed by National Park Service

Open recreation area — no reservation needed

About this campground

This visitor center information desk, America's National Parks store and Southern Highland Craft Guild craft shop share a grand, historic estate house. The visitor information desk is open from May through October. The America's National Parks store and the Southern Highland Craft Guild craft shop is open from mid April through November. The estate grounds have 25 miles of carriage roads for strolling, small lakes and other historic structures.

Getting there

From Blowing Rock/Boone, NC, enter the Parkway at Milepost 291.8, where US-321/221 intersect with the Parkway. Boone is 8 Miles away on US-321 south, Blowing Rock is 2 miles away on US-321/221 north. Go south on the Parkway about 2 miles to the Moses H. Cone Estate. If you are driving Parkway North from Asheville, expect to take 2.5 hours to reach the Moses H. Cone Estate.

Contact
(828) 295-3782

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Moses Cone Manor House and Visitor Center (Milepost 294) doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby North Carolina campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.

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Details from Recreation.gov's official RIDB catalog. Conditions change — confirm with the managing office before you go. Not affiliated with Recreation.gov or any federal agency.