North Carolina
Rural Buncombe County, a short drive northwest of Asheville.
Leicester is farm country northwest of Asheville: ridgelines, pasture and creek bottoms, with the city close enough to be convenient and far enough to be quiet.
It is one of the more genuinely rural places to stay this close to Asheville.
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Craggy Gardens and Mount Mitchell overlooks are within reach of the city.
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Waterfalls, Sliding Rock and the Cradle of Forestry, south of Asheville.
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