The Blowing Rock, North Carolina's oldest travel attraction since 1933, is an immense cliff 4,000 feet above sea level overhanging Johns River Gorge 3,000 feet below. Open all year weather permitting in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

TRAVEL NOTE: Highway 321 between Lenoir and Blowing Rock will be CLOSED Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12pm until 2pm due to road construction. For current road conditions and travel conditions to The Blowing Rock, please check with North Carolina DOT, The Blue Ridge Parkway, and Ray's Weather websites.