Directions


From Charlotte & Hickory:

  • Take US 321 North through Blowing Rock into Boone
  • Go to intersection of US 321 and NC 105 Extension (Wendy’s on corner on left)
  • Turn right at light onto NC 105 Extension (also US 221)
  • Follow 105 Extension to the second traffic light (T-intersection)
  • Turn right at the light onto US 421 (also US 221)
  • Travel approx. 3.5 miles to Old US 421 (Food Lion on left)
  • Turn right at the traffic light onto Old US 421
  • Go 1.7 miles to the Blue Ridge Parkway stone bridge on the right
  • Turn right under the stone bridge onto Elk Creek Road
  • Go 6 miles on Elk Creek Road to the Powder Horn Mountain guardhouse on the right
  • Turn right on Powder Horn Mountain Road and check in at the guardhouse
  • Go one mile up Powder Horn Mountain Road to the Brightwood entrance (Brightwood II sign on right)

From Winston-Salem/Greensboro/Statesville:

  • Take US 421 North through Wilkesboro
  • Go to the intersection of US 221 and 421 (traffic light)
  • Go straight ahead through the traffic light approximately 1/4 mile
  • Turn left onto Old US 421
  • Follow Old US 421 for approx. 4 miles past Parkway School (on right) and down a hill
  • At the bottom of hill, turn left onto Elk Creek Road under the Blue Ridge Parkway stone bridge
  • Follow Elk Creek Road 6 miles to the Powder Horn guardhouse on the right
  • Turn right on Powder Horn Mountain Road and check in at the guardhouse
  • Go one mile up Powder Horn Mountain Road to the Brightwood entrance (Brightwood II sign on right)

From Johnson City/Elizabethton/Mountain City:

  • Go on US 321/421 South through Boone (King St.) to NC 105 (traffic light)
  • Keep going straight on US 421 (also US 221) approx. 3.5 miles to Old US 421 (Food Lion on left)
  • Turn right at the traffic light onto Old US 421
  • Go 1.7 miles to the Blue Ridge Parkway stone bridge on the right
  • Turn right under the stone bridge onto Elk Creek Road
  • Go 6 miles on Elk Creek Road to the Powder Horn Mountain guardhouse on the right
  • Turn right on Powder Horn Mountain Road and check in at the guardhouse
  • Go one mile up Powder Horn Mountain Road to the Brightwood entrance (Brightwood II sign on right)