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About Banner Elk, NC

Banner Elk is a mountain town at 3,739 feet in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, home to about 1,500 residents and Lees-McRae College. Reach it via NC 184 from US 105, or take US 321 west through Blowing Rock then north on 105. From I-40, exit at Morganton or Marion and follow mountain highways up. The area offers four-season recreation with ski resorts and hiking trails. The college's Gothic stone buildings create a striking collegiate presence in this remote mountain community.

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Banner Elk, NC is in United States, at 36.159, -81.868 - about 9 km north of Sugar Mountain, NC.

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The closest airport to Banner Elk, NC is Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport, 88 km (about 1 h 28 min by car).

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