Year of the Trail in North Carolina – Featured Trails in May and a Spotlight on Waterfall Trails

Waterfall in a forest

With 2023 being designated Year of the Trail in North Carolina, we’re shining a spotlight on many of the great trails in the North Carolina mountains. We have some awesome trails to share with you this month to help you get outdoors and explore.

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Year of the Trail in North Carolina – Featured Trails in April and a Spotlight on the Old Fort Gateway Trails

All year long during the Year of the Trail in North Carolina, we’re highlighting trails in our neck of the woods. April is a month of seasonal change – read on for some fantastic trails to get your spring nature fix.

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Our Favorite Things – Places to See Spring Blooms

This year, we’ve put together Our Favorite Things: a short list of places near the Inn on Mill Creek B&B where you can find the stuff that brings joy. Springtime around here is all about flowers and we’ve got some local outdoor spaces in our neck of the woods that will boost your mood with beautiful blooms.

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Year of the Trail in North Carolina – Featured Trails in March and a Catawba Falls Trail Update

Hiking trail leading through a forested landscape with sun shining on the path and a square trail marker on one tree to the right of the trail

With 2023 designated the Year of the Trail in North Carolina, it’s the perfect time to check out one of the fabulous trails in western North Carolina. To get you started on your early springtime trail exploration, we’ve put together some featured trails for March.

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Year of the Trail in North Carolina – Featured Trails in January and the Future Bernard Mountain Trail

View of mountains from a distance in the wintertime with bare trees

This year is North Carolina’s Year of the Trail, celebrating all kinds of trails and all the good things about them. And all year long, we’re sharing our favorite trails in the greater Asheville area, focusing on those within an hour of the Inn on Mill Creek B&B, as well as new trails coming to our neck of the woods.

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More Planters and More Flowers To Enjoy, Ahhhhh

Closeup of brightly colored flowers and plants in flower containers along a small house

We love gardens… and plants… and flowers. This is no secret if you have been to the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast. It comes as no surprise, then, that one of Innkeeper/Engineer Dave’s 2022 projects was to build a new set of six planters, similar to the ones he built that line the outside of the dining solarium.

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Winter Birding and the Great Backyard Bird Count

Bird tracks in the snow

Wintertime is a great time to do birdwatching – it’s one of the activities you can do year-round here in Pisgah National Forest east of Asheville, North Carolina.

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