SALUDA AREA RESTAURANTS
Purple Onion Café and Coffeehouse: Our personal
favorite! A very cozy restaurant. Mon-Sat 11:00-3:00 Lunch, 5:00-9:00
Dinner, Beer and wine served. Credit Cards Accepted, LIVE MUSIC THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY EVENINGS
Orchard Inn: Perhaps the best restaurant in town in attractive inn.
East of town on 176. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
Saluda Grade Café: An excellent informal restaurant with reasonable
prices.
The Saluda Grade Cafe does not serve wine or beer but
you may bring it in.
Now accepting credit cards and checks.
Main Street. Tues-Sun 11AM-3PM Lunch Wed-Sat 5-9PM Dinner
Green River Bar-B-Que: Pretty good barbecue, very
casual, reasonable prices. West end of Saluda
Wildflour Café: Very good informal restaurant, reasonable prices,
East end of Main Street. Fri-Sun 5-9PM.
Wildflour Bakery: Outstanding local bakery, also serves lunches and
snacks. East end of Main Street.
Saluda Family Restaurant: Serving breakfast, sandwiches and burgers
OPEN 24 HOURS. On Ozone near I-26.
SALUDA AREA ATTRACTIONS
The Purple Union in Saluda has live music nearly every
Thursday and Saturday nights at The Front Porch Coffee Bar has live music on
Wednesday and Friday nights. Most music is folk, blues, country, bluegrass
and jazz.
The Saluda Mountain Jamboree just opened in Saluda. It is
all about country-western dancing, square dancing, clogging, Texas two-step,
etc. Come to dance or just to listen to the music.
Biltmore House: The house and gardens are the premier tourist attraction for
the area
www.biltmore.com 35 minutes from the Oaks is George Vanderbilt's
mansion.. The Biltmore is the largest private home in the U.S.A. Open year
round. Asheville, 1-800-543-2961.
Flat Rock Playhouse: North Carolina's State Theater in nearby Flat
Rock. Open June-October, 1-828-693-0731.
www.flatrockplayhouse.org
Tryon Little Theater: 208 Melrose Ave., Tryon, NC 28782
1-828-859-8322 Also 1-828-859-3545
Brevard Music Center: Late June to mid-August 828-884-2019
ENTERTAINMENT
EVENTS CALENDAR
The Polk County Travel and Tourism maintains a local events calendar at
www.nc-mountains.org/cgi-bin/calendar.pl
DAY SPA
Treasures Within offers massage therapy, facials, manicures, pedicures, and
far-infrared saunas. Let your body and Soul take a Journey to a special
place with soothing music, beautiful surroundings and gentle Loving touch.
1-828-749-3434
GOLF
20 courses within 20 minutes of Saluda. Golfers over 55 may play for less
than $20, including a cart.
HIKING
(Hunting is not allowed in NC on Sundays)
DuPont State Forest – 5 gorgeous waterfalls 23 miles from the Oaks
828-877-6527
www.dupontstateforest.com
Pearson's Falls: A beautiful cascading falls owned by the Tryon
Garden Club A nice half mile walk to the falls. 10AM-5PM. Closed Monday.
1-828-749-3031.
Bradley Falls: A mile and a half walk to the falls about three miles
from Saluda. Directions at the Oaks
Trails of the Green River Game Lands: Map available at the Oaks.
1-828-692-0385
Chimney Rock Park: One to four hour walks. Ticket Plaza open
8:30AM-4:30PM 1-800-277-9611
www.chimneyrockpark.com
FISHING
Curtis-Wright Outfitters located in Saluda are specialists in fly
fishing and provide guide services both for wade and float trips.
http://www.curtiswrightoutfitters.com 828-749-3444
Green River Game Lands in Henderson & Polk Counties 1-800-440-7847
Transylvania County Ag. Center (trout fishing farms) 1-828-891-3340
HORSEBACK RIDING
Pisgah Forest Stables 1-828-883-8258
Etawah Valley Stables, Hendersonville, 1-828-891-3340
Cedar Lake, Lake Lure, 1-828-625-2811
Double J, Lake Lure, 1-828-625-2683
WHITEWATER RAFTING, TUBES, BOATS
Nantahala Outdoor Center Whitewater Rafting 1-800-232-7238
www.noc.com
Green River Cove, Green River Cove Rd, Saluda, 1-828-749-3781 Tubing
on the Green River is the best fun you can have for $5/person. Whether
seven or seventy, all of our guests who have gone tubing on the Green River
have enjoyed it thoroughly and thanked us for recommending it.. Green River
Cove is only eight miles from the Oaks. Put on sun screen.
Carolina Wilderness Whitewater Rafting 1-800-8RAPIDS
Lake Lure Tours, Scenic Boat Tours, 1-828-625-0077
www.lakelure.com
Lake Lure Marina, Canoe & Boat Rental, 1-828-625-4651
themarina@lakelure.com
Living Water Tubing & Canoe Trips, Broad River near Chimney Rock,
1-828-286-9205, 1-828-625-1990
Headwater Outfitters, 1-828-877-3106
www.headwatersoutfitters.com Tube Express, Lake Lure and Chimney Rock,
1-828-894-3929
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