• Preservation
• Man & Biosphere Reserve Program
• The Nature Conservancy
• Sixteen Distinct Natural Communities
• Blue Ridge Parkway Viaduct

• Conservation
• Protecting Endangered Species
• Grandfather's Green Initiative
• YouTube Video: Grandfather Goes GREEN

• Education
• Naturalist Programs
• Daily Nature Programs in Summer
• Owls Added to Naturalist Program
• Wildlife Habitats
• The Nature Museum
• Museum Exhibits
• Geology

• Recreation
• Nature Walks & Hiking Trails
• Birding
• Wildflower Bloom Calendar

 

Museum Exhibits

• North Carolina Amethyst (The 165-pound cluster is considered the finest amethyst ever discovered in North America)
• Gems & Minerals of North Carolina
• North Carolina Gold (including largest gold nugget on public display in N.C.)
• Birds of North Carolina
• Dendrochronology (time as measured by counting rings in a tree)
• Indians at Grandfather Mountain
• Daniel Boone
• Mushrooms of the Mountains
• Edible Berries
• Wildflowers of Grandfather Mountain
• 3-dimensional scale model of Grandfather Mountain
• White-tailed Deer (photo exhibit)
• Black Bears (photo exhibit)
• Cougars (photo exhibit)
• Eagles (photo exhibit)
• Ravens (photo exhibit)
• Real-time Weather (current instrument readings)
• 50+ Years of Weather Records
• Grandfather's Rock Formations
• A Billion-Year-Old Rock guests can touch
• Rare and Endangered Species
• Early Botanists
• Air Pollution Effects on the Mountains
• Man & Biosphere Program (photo exhibit)
• Black Birch Burl Bowl (a 64" x 46" x 34" bowl fashioned from a 3,200 pound piece of black birch)

 

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