About Our Town
Spruce Pine is centrally located between the Blue Ridge Parkway, Appalachian Trail, and Roan Mountain.
Our downtown vibrates with energy as a center of traditional and contemporary crafts and offers authentically local experiences from social events and shopping, to dining and entertainment. We’re the launching point for outdoor recreation unique to our mountains and river.
We’re surrounded by national forests and are just five minutes from the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway. Our historic downtown fronts the North Toe River and boasts two main streets, Oak Avenue and Locust Street (also known as Upper and Lower Streets), with a visitor center, shops, restaurants, and coffeehouses. Accommodations, ATM, and an Ingles supermarket are within easy walking distance.
Riverside Park is just across the North Toe from downtown and boasts a children’s playground, picnic shelters, a baseball field, and direct access to popular fishing and swimming spots on the river. Brad Ragan Park, also located in the town limits, offers tennis courts, a public swimming pool, basketball and voleyball courts, a baseball field, and a horseshoe pitch, as well as a playground and picnic shelters, all surrounded by mature trees and rhododendrons.
Last but not least, Central Park on Locust Street is next door to the visitor center and hosts free movies in the summer, as well as our Halloween costume contest and treat street. Free movies in June and July present movies for kids chosen by kids. And during Spruce Pine’s Holiday Open House, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the visitor center is home to free cocoa and swag, a visit with Santa, story time with the Polar Express, giveaways, and more.