LAKE LURE RESORTS
Wyndham Resort at Fairfield Mountains
- 2 golf courses on site (are great)
- 2 lakes & marina
- 3 pools
- 3 restaurants on site
- 45 miles from Asheville, NC (one-hour drive)
- Beautiful resort
- Request a unit with a king bed
Foxrun Townhouses (Bluegreen Associate Resort)
- 2-bedroom town homes
- Lake nearby
- 2 golf courses
- Pool
- Game room
- Hot tub and sauna
- This resort has limited availability and requires a full-week stay with check-in on Friday or Saturday.
LAKE LURE RESTAURANTS/FOOD
- Duncan’s BBQ
- Gardens (prime rib on Thursdays)
- High Hampton Inn (breakfast)
- Larkins on the Lake (really good food but a little expensive)
- Laura’s House (Chimney Rock, NC) (30-minute drive)
- Legends on the Lake (at Rumbling Bald Resort)
- Luna Del Sol Restaurant (very good) (very good pizza)
- Moose Café
- Pinnacle BBQ (at Rumbling Bald Resort) (good pulled pork sandwich)
- Point of View Restaurant (excellent prime rib)
- Victory Kitchen & Restaurant (good breakfast)
LAKE LURE BARS
LAKE LURE ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES
- Arts & Craft Festival (in October)
- Asheville Trolley tour
- Balloons Over Asheville (for hot air balloon ride) (Asheville, NC) (one-hour drive)
- Banner Elk, NC (1-1/2-hour drive)
- Bat Cave (hiking)
- Beech Mountain, NC (2-hour drive)
- Biltmore Estate (Asheville, NC) (one-hour drive) (winery there is great)
- Blowing Rock, NC (2-hour drive)
- Blue Ridge Parkway (scenic drive) (runs north & south from Ashville, NC)
- Boating on Lake Lure
- Boone, NC (2-hour drive) (downtown area)
- Carl Sandburg’s Home National Historic Site (Flatrock, NC)
- Chimney Rock State Park (Chimney Rock, NC) (nice hiking trails) (30-minute drive) (Last of the Mohicans movie filmed here)
- Chimney Rock, NC (quaint little shops to browse) (30-minute drive)
- Day trip to Black Mountain, NC
- Dirty Dancing Festival (third weekend in August) (in Lake Lure) (honoring movie being filmed in area)
- Fishing
- Golfing
- Grandfather Mountain State Park (Linville, NC (1-1/2-hour drive)
- Hendersonville, NC (quaint town) (one-hour drive)
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Kiens Rock
- Lake Lure Beach
- Lake Lure Flowering Bridge
- Lake Lure pontoon boat lake tour (at resort)
- Lure Lake Farmers Market (farmers market with arts & crafts)
- Mast General Store (Valle Crucis, NC) (2-hour drive)
- Rivers Arts District (Asheville, NC) (one-hour drive) (Jonas Gerard Gallery is one good in district)
- Sierra Nevada Brewery (100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC) (one-hour drive) (brewery tours)
- Sliding Rock (waterfall you can slide down) (in Pisgah Forest near Brevard, NC) (1-1/2-hour drive)
- Train Museum
- Trolley Tour (in Asheville, NC) (one-hour drive)
- White water rafting
- Zip Lining
LAKE LURE GROCERY STORES
- Ingles Market
- Walmart (Marion, NC) (40-minute drive)
LAKE LURE OTHER INFO
- Many of the restaurants close during the winter months
- Recommended to get groceries on way to resort
LAKE LURE ADDRESSES
Wyndham Resort at Fairfield Mountains
747 Buffalo Creek Road
Lake Lure, NC 28746
Phone: 828-625-9111
Foxrun Townhouses
180 Herman Wilson Road
Lake Lure, NC 28746
Phone: 828-625-0097
NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.