Boone NC is a college town and a mountain resort town that is commonly referred to as the Heart of the High Country. Located in the middle of Watauga County, Boone has served as an important economic hub and place of government for the county since it was established. In Boone, you will find most of the area’s commercial region. Home to most major retail chains, restaurants and a small shopping mall, Boone is often the place that most locals and year round residents live, work, and carry out their day to day business.
Boone, North Carolina is centrally located in an area that is easy to travel to from other parts outside of the county. The lands that explorer Daniel Boone once hiked around are now a bustling commercial city. West Jefferson, in Ashe County, is only about thirty minutes from Boone as are other smaller cities like Banner Elk, Lenoir, Wilkesboro and Morganton. Even though Boone is close to these areas it is still considered a wonderfully preserved, unspoiled wilderness filled with tons of great places to explore and secret trails to enjoy. The Blue Ridge Parkway passes by the town, and other Blue Ridge attractions can be found here. Activities like mountain biking, backpacking, golfing, camping, fishing and horseback riding are huge with both vacationers and those that own homes here. You will never run out of a wealth of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors when you live on or own Mountain Property in North Carolina here.
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