Blowing Rock NC 4K / Snow Storm 2024 (DJI Mavic Air 2S Drone Footage) Stunning / Winter Wonderland

Hope you enjoy seeing a snow storm move in on the beautiful city of Blowing Rock, North Carolina! Hope you enjoyed the views from a Bird's Eye View!
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Blowing Rock is a town in Watauga and Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,397 at the 2021 census.
The Caldwell County portion of Blowing Rock is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Watauga County portion is part of the Boone Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Before 1752, when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg of the Moravian Church visited the Blowing Rock, the windy cliffs of the area were home to the Cherokee and the Catawba Native American tribes.
After the mid-18th century, when hardy Scots-Irish pioneers began to settle in the region, the mountain passes from southern Virginia into Kentucky attracted many colonists, farmers, hunters, and trappers who continued south to the mountains of North Carolina. The first family to settle in Blowing Rock were the Greenes, who were established by the mid-19th century on a site that would become the Green Park Hotel property.
Other early settlers in Blowing Rock included the Hayes, Coffey, Bolick, Estes and Storie families. During the American Civil War the mountains of North Carolina often witnessed fierce guerrilla warfare between groups of pro-Confederate and pro-Union fighters. To keep their families safe, men leaving for service in the Confederate Army often sent them to Blowing Rock, which became a local refuge from the fighting.
After the Civil War many of these veterans would join their families and remain in the Blowing Rock area. At the same time, summer residents began to come up from the nearby city of Lenoir to enjoy the cool fresh air and magnificent mountain views. Seeing the potential of their village to become a haven for well-to-do tourists, the residents of Blowing Rock had their village incorporated into a town on March 11, 1889. The town's first mayor was "Uncle" Joe Clarke, and the town initially had a population of about 300.
As word traveled to other parts of the South about the merits of Blowing Rock, more visitors began to arrive, first camping out, and later taking rooms at boarding houses such as the Hayes and Martin houses on Main Street. Eventually there were more visitors than the existing boarding houses could handle, and so many homes were turned into hotels. The first hotel in Blowing Rock was the Watauga Hotel, built in 1884; the hotel added cottages in 1888. The Green Park Hotel opened in 1891,[5] followed eight years later by the Blowing Rock Hotel. Walter Alexander, a prominent local resident, touted the clean air and healthy environment of Blowing Rock; in 1922 he opened his own hotel, called Mayview Manor.
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[@WaysaandMeans]

Always the best! I was hearing that nobody has been up to Mt. Mitchell in 3 days. I know I’m late now but the last I saw of the peak were tire tracks so I assumed, yeah they’re right, it’s just rangers. What part of the parkway is closed? Because you can still hike and camp so I wasn’t sure if that was true. Sorry to ramble, haven’t seen you in days and I see why 😁

[@hi-techhikers]

Thank you Ways and Means. Always appreciate your nice comments. Looking at the website it says that the trails are open at Mount Mitchell but doesn’t clearly state if the road is open?? I think I would still adventure as far as I could go in the area if you have time. Stop by Lake Tahoma. Have Fun!