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WNC towns earn top outdoors honors

out brysoncityBryson City earned the top honor in Blue Ridge Outdoors’ list of top outdoor towns of 2014, which appeared in November’s issue.

 

More than 85,000 people voted over a four-week period to determine the winner. 

“With Great Smoky Mountains National Park and world-class whitewater at its doorstep, Bryson City is the perfect base camp for big adventure,” said Will Harlan, BRO editor-in-chief. “The Tuck flows right through town, and the Appalachian Trail, Nantahala River, Fontana Lake and Tsali singletrack are just a stone’s throw away.”

Bryson City wasn’t the only town in Western North Carolina to get some credit. Robbinsville took second place.

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