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Marion, North Carolina

A family-oriented recreational attraction with gold and gem panning, high banking, sluicing and dredging. Five rustic cabins and furnished cottage available for overnight or weekly rentals. Creekside campsites are also available. Located on US 221 and Polly Spout Road between Marion and Rutherfordton.

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Linville Mountain Gem Shop & Mines

Area's only custom gem cutting. Fine handmade jewelry. Jewelry repair. Gems, minerals, rocks, lapidary equipment and supplies for sale. Cutting lessons. Gem mining rain or shine year round.

Marion, NC Pioneer History

Historic Downtown Marion

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, downtown Marion was established in 1842. Commercial development began in 1870 on 50 acres donated by John Carson. The Marion Depot is an 1860

Marion, NC Historic Districts

Heather Grove Gold & Gem Panning

A family-oriented recreational attraction with gold and gem panning, high banking, sluicing and dredging. Five rustic cabins and furnished cottage available for overnight or weekly rentals. Creekside campsites are also available. Located on US 221

Marion, NC Pioneer History

Lucky Strike Gold & Gem Mine, Campground

Pan for gold in a stream that was mined in the early 1800s or look for gemstones in our flumes. Dining and gift shop on site. 51 campsites, 26 are full hook-up with electric, water and sewer, and 25

Marion, NC Campgrounds

Things to do near Marion, NC

Fields of the Wood

A 200-acre Bible Park with gift shop, bookstore, gospel theater, picnic areas and nature trails. An entire mountainside displ...

Prime Sirloin

Family Steakhouse featuring steaks, bakery, fresh salad and soup bar. Menu or buffet. Banquet rooms available. Open year ro...

Mountain Aire Golf Club

Newly remodeled course features three new holes and a new pro shop. Friendly atmosphere, spectacular views and reasonable pri...

Interiors Marketplace

Interiors Marketplace provides retail shopping of more than 180 merchants and artists with unique and diverse furnishings, ar...

Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground

We are a small family oriented campground located in a valley at the base of the Great Smoky Mountains. Trout fish and tube ...