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Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina.Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft (12,568 m 2 ...
Gaffney, SC μSA. ( 2020) The Upstate, historically known as the Upcountry, [ 2 ] is a region of the U.S. state of South Carolina, comprising the northwesternmost area of the state. Although loosely defined among locals, the general definition includes the 10 counties of the commerce-rich I-85 corridor in the northwest corner of South Carolina.
Asheville ( / ˈæʃvɪl / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [ 7 ] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was ...
A map of the “Crawdads” coastal setting, ... The western North Carolina mountains are seen from a lookout on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.
U.S. Route 176 ( US 176) is a spur of US 76 in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The U.S. Highway runs 237.98 miles (382.99 km) from US 25 Business and North Carolina Highway 225 (NC 225) in Hendersonville, North Carolina, east to US 52 in Goose Creek, South Carolina. US 176 serves the transition region between the Blue ...
South Carolina Highway 11 (SC 11), also known as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, is a 119.850-mile (192.880 km) state highway through the far northern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina, following the southernmost peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The route is surrounded by peach orchards, quaint villages, and parks.
Asheville metropolitan area. Coordinates: 35°36′2″N 82°40′58″W. Detailed map of NC counties with names. Colored are the counties of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania. The Asheville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Asheville, North Carolina.
Biltmore Village, formerly Best, is a small village that is now entirely in the city limits of Asheville, North Carolina. [1] It is adjacent to the main entrance of the Biltmore Estate, built by George W. Vanderbilt, one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt family fortune. Once known as the town of Best, George Vanderbilt created this village as a ...