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36th Annual Mountain Glory Festival

posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Celebrating 36 years of downtown Marion's Mountain Glory Festival on October 12th between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.  Festival-goers will find three blocks of Main Street filled with arts and crafts vendors, festival foods, and inside the McDowell Arts Council is the Mountain Glory Quilt Guild ...

September 30th - Fall Leaf Report

posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago

I never tire of these splendid Blue Ridge Mountain views.They are spectacular year-round. But, you're here because of the changing leaves!  Over the weekend, we continued to see temperatures in the 80s without any significant rainfall.  Nights are cooler, and as we enter the first week ...

Sept. 22nd - Fall Leaf Report

posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Today's trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway focused on the region between the Linville Falls Visitor Center and the Orchard at Altapass (Mileposts 316 to 328).  As you can see, we have lots of green leaves remaining on the trees.  Between last Friday and today, I did notice trees ...

36th Annual Mountain Glory Festival

posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago

October 12th join the fall celebration in downtown Marion, NC. Between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm look for original arts and crafts, festival foods, regional musicians performing ole time mountain music, the Best Dressed Pet Contest, and more.  Stop by the McDowell Arts Council to see the ...