Elk Mountain

Elk Mountain is a hamlet in Asheville Township, Buncombe, North Carolina. Elk Mountain is situated nearby to the hamlet Craggy, as well as near the village Woodfin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Botanical Gardens at Asheville and Clyde A. Erwin High School.

Botanical Gardens at Asheville

Garden

Photo: Zen sutherland, Public domain.

Asheville Botanical Garden, formerly known as the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, is an independent non-profit botanical garden located on 10 acres at 151 W. Botanical Gardens at Asheville is situated 2 miles southeast of Elk Mountain.

Clyde A. Erwin High School

School building

Clyde A. Erwin High School is a public high school in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. The enrollment in 2018–19 was 1,316 students in grades 9–12. Clyde A. Erwin High School is situated 2½ miles southwest of Elk Mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodfin and Asheville.

Woodfin

Village

Woodfin is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Woodfin had a population of 7,936. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Asheville

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The city of Asheville is a liberal, artsy community nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains in Western North Carolina. A popular tourist destination, this "Paris of the South," has one of the most impressive, comprehensive collections of Art Deco architecture in the United States.