This WorldWeb.com travel and tourism guide for Blowing Rock, featuring hotels and other accommodations, tours, attractions, events, shopping and more, will help you plan a successful visit to Blowing Rock, North Carolina , U.S.A.

Named for a 4,000 foot cliff face that features unique updrafts, the town of Blowing Rock is a mountain destination in North Carolina that welcomes visitors year round with a variety of attractions, accommodations and shopping. Today, the area surrounding the cliff offers guests a visitor centre, an observation deck and more and is billed as North Carolina's Oldest Travel Attraction. Area resorts provide venues for golf and canoeing in the summer as well as winter activities such as cross country and downhill skiing at one of the local hills. Whitewater rafting is another popular activity in the Blowing Rock area, with several companies running trips on the Nolichucky River, a tributary of the French Broad River that features a 3000-foot gorge.