Willow Valley Resort
Vilas, North Carolina
A nine-hole executive golf course, three tennis courts, and an outdoor pool await you at Willow Valley Resort. For sight-seeing, be sure to visit Tweetsie Railroad, eight miles away, open May through October. This is America's premier old-time railroad theme park, featuring a three-mile ride on antique coaches pulled by full-size locomotives. In winter, visitors head for the ski slopes at Beech Mountain ski area, which has a top elevation of 5,484 feet and 18 trails, and to Sugar Mountain, with a top elevation of 5,300 feet.