Asheville is the County Seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, it sits among the mountains where the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge meet, at 2,340 feet above sea level. Average temperatures range from 66.6 (high) to 43.9 (low)
Asheville is recognized as one of the southeast's most popular recreation centers, offering rafting, hiking, climbing, fishing, and mountain biking.
In the Asheville area there is the NC Arboretum, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Pisgah Forest, which offer all kinds of outdoors enjoyment.
The city of Asheville was incorporated in 1797 due to its proximity to the French Broad River. Sites to see in Asheville included the Biltmore Estate (gardens, winery, landscaped grounds, as well as the enormous house), downtown Asheville (all types of diverse entertainment), and Riverside Cemetary (in historic Montoford District, authors O'Henry and and Thomas Wolfe are both buried here).
Downtown Asheville offers an entertainment atmosphere that can be found nowhere else in the southeast, whith antique stores, bookstores, art galleries, boutiques, record shops, a discount computer place, a wide spectrum of restaurants and cafes, coffee shops, and local music venues.