Brevard, North Carolina, is home to the Jim Bob Tinsley Museum and Transylvania County Heritage Center, Brevard Music Center, hot air ballooning at the Transylvania Balloon Company and the Cradle of Forestry historic site. Golfing is only a short drive away at the Glen Cannon Country Club in the Pisgah Forest. A practice range, chipping green and sand bunker, along with PGA Professional instruction, is available at the Mountain Range Golf Center in Brevard. Other links in the city include the Sherwood Forest and Connestee Falls Golf Clubs.
Inn at Brevard
The Inn at Brevard is located conveniently close to the music center, national forest and the French Broad River. Guests may walk to the downtown restaurants and shopping from the inn. The hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is driving distance from golfing, hiking in the national forest, canoeing and horseback riding. Rooms feature high-speed Internet access, digital cable television channels and decor that incorporates antique furniture and accessories. Six rooms are located in the main structure and an additional eight in the hotel annex. Both rooms and suites are available, with suites offering claw-foot bathtubs. The grounds of the inn, constructed in 1885 with formal gardens, offer nature walks throughout the 100-acre property, including a trail by the "tallest privately owned waterfalls in the southeast."
The Inn at Brevard
315 W. Main St.
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-2105
theinnatbrevard.com
Red House Inn
The Red House Inn is located in downtown Brevard, near restaurants and shopping. The hotel is a short drive from major attractions, including the Dupont State and Pisgah National forests and the city music center. The Red House Inn features a small number of rooms, each distinctively decorated around a color theme. The nightly fee includes a complimentary breakfast, luxury linens, satellite television and high-speed Internet access. The Red House was constructed in 1851 and was completely remodeled in 2007.
Red House Inn
266 W. Probart St.
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-9349
brevardbedandbreakfast.com
Hampton Inn Brevard
The Hampton Inn Brevard, a three-story, 80-room hotel, is located adjacent to the Pisgah Forest and offers guests a heated outdoor swimming pool, jogging track, tennis courts, complimentary continental breakfast buffet, exercise gym, free on-site parking, complimentary high-speed Internet service, copy service and electronic entry systems. Rooms include an iron and ironing board, individually controlled air conditioning and heating units, televisions with cable service and pay-per-view films, coffeemaker, desk with lamp, refrigerator and express checkout. The inn is a non-smoking facility. Downtown dining, shopping and activities are only three miles from the hotel. Walking and hiking is as close as a short walk into the forest where trails run next to waterfalls and rock formations. Golfing is a short drive from the inn.
Hampton Inn Brevard
800 Forest Gate Center
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 883-4800
hamptoninnbrevard.com
About The Author
Lee Grayson is an ethnographer and freelance writer. She has written for both Oxford and Harvard University presses and research publishers, including Facts On File and ABC-CLIO. She holds certificates from the University of California campuses at Irvine and San Diego.
