Asheville, NC
City Information
City Stats:
Population:
69,193
Elevation:
2134 feet
Area: 40.9 square miles
Location: Asheville lies in the Western part of North Carolina
at the junction of Interstates 24, & 240. It is 126
miles east of Charlotte, and 115 miles west of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Time Zone:
Eastern Standard Time
National Holidays:
New
Year's Day Jan. 1
Martin
Luther King, Jr., Day 3rd Mon. in Jan.
President's
Day 3rd Mon. in Feb.
Memorial
Day last Mon. in May
Independence
Day July 4
Labor
Day 1st Mon. in Sept.
Thanksgiving
Day 4th Thurs. in Nov.
Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day Dec. 24 and 25
New
Year's Eve Dec. 31
Airport:
Airport
certified for carrier operations nearest to Asheville:
Asheville
Regional (about 11 miles; Asheville, NC; ID: AVL)
Other
public-use airports nearest to Asheville:
Meyers
(about 14 miles; Candler, NC; ID: N39)
Hendersonville
(about 22 miles; Hendersonville, NC; ID: 0A7)
Transylvania
County (about 23 miles; Brevard, NC; ID: 22W)
LIBRARY:
Buncombe
Library System: 67 Haywood Street. Almost 500,000 books with over
27,000 audio materials, 9,500 videos as well as a host of
subscriptions.
Getting
Around:
Blue
Ridge Parkway
Considered
the nation's most scenic highway, the 470-mile Blue Ridge Parkway
winds through the Blue Ridge Mountains, through Asheville and into the
entrance of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Numerous
overlooks, roadside exhibits and hiking trails make a trip along the
Parkway a delight year-round. The Parkway intersects Asheville at US
25, US 70, US 74 & NC 191.
Bus
Service
Local:
Asheville Transit System
National: Greyhound bus lines
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