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A North Carolina state park near Linville

Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge mountain range and is considered the most biologically diverse mountain in the East. After a climb to the top in the 1890's, John Muir, the father of America's national parks, wrote that he "began to jump about and sing and glory in it all."

Today visitors can actually drive to the summit and, along the way, enjoy spectacular scenery, endless vistas and intriguing rock formations. Then, when you reach one mile in elevation, you can walk across the highest swinging footbridge in America!

You are invited to scroll down our opening page and through a table of contents that will allow you to explore the amazing diversity of life at Grandfather Mountain.