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Looking to visit the Charlotte area soon and heard the city is in the middle of mountains to the west and beach to the east? I know it's a bit of a drive to each but what would you consider the closet "hiking area" and the closest beach?
^This. I'd just add that the closest beaches are roughly 3.5 hours. I'm partial to the "south of Wilmington" beaches as you're probably more likely to run into more traffic going to the other 2.
Nothing around here is 1.5 hours. NOTHING! Driving 30 miles will take approximately 50 minutes. Do the math. The beach is 3-4 hours and the real mountains (where they are quiet) are 3-4 hours. Everything else is FAKE NEWS.
Nothing around here is 1.5 hours. NOTHING! Driving 30 miles will take approximately 50 minutes. Do the math. The beach is 3-4 hours and the real mountains (where they are quiet) are 3-4 hours. Everything else is FAKE NEWS.
You can make it from Charlotte to the Boone, NC area in 2 hours or less depending upon where you are in Charlotte and where you are going in the Boone area.
I am 2.5 hours or less from a "real" Mountain home. I drive it several times a year. Coincidentally there are many other "real" mountain retreats about the same distance.
Boone huh? A college town! We aren’t talking much.
You do know there is some wonderfully secluded high elevation places all around Boone. I just brought up Boone because not many people have heard of Todd, Vilas, Meat Camp, Valle Crucis, Matney, Banner Elk, etc.
They are all well within 3 hours of Charlotte and have wonderful National Forests for hiking, camping, etc. Plus there are some very nice homes, ranging from mountain cabins to luxury estates.
I'm not trying to convince you to like the area, but I am trying to clarify your statement about no "real" mountains within 3 or 4 hours of Charlotte.
Nothing around here is 1.5 hours. NOTHING! Driving 30 miles will take approximately 50 minutes. Do the math. The beach is 3-4 hours and the real mountains (where they are quiet) are 3-4 hours. Everything else is FAKE NEWS.
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, the NC Zoo all about 1.5 hours.
1.5 hours to the mountains may be tough but many within 2-2.5 (Blowing Rock, Asheville, Banner Elk, etc)
You can only describe those hills in NC as mountains if you've never been to Colorado.
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