Directions

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)

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)

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)