Allie's Guidebook
Local Favorites
Places we love and recommend to our friends who visit.
Family farm with playground, river, produce, treats, and more! Beautiful setting. Very near our place if you take River Road.
49 locals recommend
Darnell Farms
2300 Governors Island RdFamily farm with playground, river, produce, treats, and more! Beautiful setting. Very near our place if you take River Road.
Here’s a good spot to rent tubes for tubing down the creek.
60 locals recommend
Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground
1040 W Deep Creek RdHere’s a good spot to rent tubes for tubing down the creek.
Local diner with seating for small or large groups. Serves all meals!
67 locals recommend
Everett Street Diner
126 Everett StLocal diner with seating for small or large groups. Serves all meals!
A bar with good and decently priced food. Big deck with view of train, and kid-friendly.
19 locals recommend
CJ's Grille
47 Depot StA bar with good and decently priced food. Big deck with view of train, and kid-friendly.
A handy place in the AC to relax with a book or use a computer. There are some activities and toys for kids in the Children’s area also. Check the calendar - the library hosts music events on some Thursdays and has other programming such as free movies as well.
Marianna Black Library
33 Fryemont StA handy place in the AC to relax with a book or use a computer. There are some activities and toys for kids in the Children’s area also. Check the calendar - the library hosts music events on some Thursdays and has other programming such as free movies as well.
Awesome new store full of cutting-edge outdoor gear. Also has a taproom with bar and a lot of outdoor seating. Food trucks sometimes are there also.
57 locals recommend
Bryson City Outdoors
169 Main StAwesome new store full of cutting-edge outdoor gear. Also has a taproom with bar and a lot of outdoor seating. Food trucks sometimes are there also.
Our favorite brewery in town. Locally owned and operated with live local acoustic music on the rooftop deck on Fridays and Saturdays. Trivia on Tuesdays. Kid-friendly. Wine is available also. Food truck parks there on weekends as well.
61 locals recommend
Mountain Layers Brewing Company
90 Everett StOur favorite brewery in town. Locally owned and operated with live local acoustic music on the rooftop deck on Fridays and Saturdays. Trivia on Tuesdays. Kid-friendly. Wine is available also. Food truck parks there on weekends as well.
Shop like a local at our favorite thrift shop to support the local no-kill animal shelter.
Paws Thrift Shop
95B Bryson WalkShop like a local at our favorite thrift shop to support the local no-kill animal shelter.
Locally-owned, new coffee shop a little ways out of town on your way to the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Excellent coffee drinks, cookies, smoothies, and more in a super cute shop.
17 locals recommend
Cardinal Coffee
22 Needmore RdLocally-owned, new coffee shop a little ways out of town on your way to the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Excellent coffee drinks, cookies, smoothies, and more in a super cute shop.
Playground, ball fields, skate park, shelter house, outdoor pool, and more! Pool is open between Memorial Day and Labor Day, 12-6 every day but 1-5 in Sunday. Adult lap swim is one hour before opening.
6 locals recommend
Swain County Recreation Park
240 Recreation Park DrPlayground, ball fields, skate park, shelter house, outdoor pool, and more! Pool is open between Memorial Day and Labor Day, 12-6 every day but 1-5 in Sunday. Adult lap swim is one hour before opening.
Sightseeing
Browse through the past and get tips from what to do on your stay.
15 locals recommend
Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum
2 Everett StBrowse through the past and get tips from what to do on your stay.
One of the best-kept secrets of Bryson City, this park is accessed via a walking bridge. It’s a flat place to jog or walk and is great for picnics too. Small children might enjoy wading around on the sandy beaches of the riverbank. There is a shirt, old wall bordering the island on the far side; if traveling with small children, caution them against walking on it.
11 locals recommend
Bryson City Island Park
213 Bryson StOne of the best-kept secrets of Bryson City, this park is accessed via a walking bridge. It’s a flat place to jog or walk and is great for picnics too. Small children might enjoy wading around on the sandy beaches of the riverbank. There is a shirt, old wall bordering the island on the far side; if traveling with small children, caution them against walking on it.
This is a unique and historic place. It’s a scenic drive to the tunnel. Park and take a short walk and you will feel the cool air from the tunnel. Walk through the tunnel and enjoy the echoes and reverbs. There is also a 3 mile hiking trail at the other end of the tunnel.
18 locals recommend
Road to Nowhere Tunnel
Lakeview Drive EastThis is a unique and historic place. It’s a scenic drive to the tunnel. Park and take a short walk and you will feel the cool air from the tunnel. Walk through the tunnel and enjoy the echoes and reverbs. There is also a 3 mile hiking trail at the other end of the tunnel.
Nantahala Outdoor Center
13077 U.S. Highway 19Food scene
This is where you can get a coffee, cake, pastry, sandwich, smoothie.... great place to bring a book or your laptop.
36 locals recommend
Mountain Perks
9 Depot StThis is where you can get a coffee, cake, pastry, sandwich, smoothie.... great place to bring a book or your laptop.