Highsmith Student Union

Highsmith Student Union is an university building in City of Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina which is located on University Heights. Highsmith Student Union is situated nearby to Botanical Gardens at Asheville, as well as near Sunshine Meadow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Botanical Gardens at Asheville and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.

Botanical Gardens at Asheville

Garden

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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 390 feet south of Highsmith Student Union.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Church

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St. Mary's Episcopal Church is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal parish in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, in the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is situated 1¼ miles east of Highsmith Student Union.

Riverside Cemetery

Cemetery

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Riverside Cemetery is situated 1 mile south of Highsmith Student Union.

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. Woodfin is situated 1½ miles northwest of Highsmith Student Union.

Asheville

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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.