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Linville Caverns
Linville Caverns Review
The only caverns in the Carolinas, they go 2,000 feet beneath Humpback Mountain and have a year-round temperature of 51°F. North of Asheville, exit the parkway at mile marker 317.4 and turn left onto U.S. 221.
- Address: 19929 US 221 N., Off Blue Ridge Pkwy. MM 317, Marion, NC, 28752 | Map It
- Phone: 828/756-4171; 800/419-0540
- Cost: $7.50 adults; $5.50 children 5-12
- Hours: June--early Sept., daily 9--6; Apr., May and late Sept.--Oct., daily 9--5; Nov. and Mar., daily 9--4:30; Dec.--Feb., weekends 9--4:30.
- Website: www.linvillecaverns.com
- Location: Blue Ridge Parkway
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