Black Mountain

Among the mountain towns of North Carolina, Black Mountain stands apart for its setting in the Swannanoa Valley, between the Blue Ridge and Black Mountain ranges. Lake Tomahawk, on the town’s southern side, anchors a public park and gives the local landscape a clear focal point. Downtown Main Street brings together independent shops, galleries and restaurants rather than the scale of a larger urban centre. Black Mountain College, an experimental school active from 1933 to 1957, made the area an important chapter in modern American art and education; Josef Albers and John Cage were among those associated with it. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Black Mountain and western North Carolina.

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