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General Information
Prospect Hill, originally known as the "Charles and Annie Quinlan House"
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1866
Prospect Hill was the home of James Cassius Lowry Gudger, who had been an Officer in the
Confederate Army, and subsequently of his daughter Annie Quinlan and her husband
Charles Quinlan. The house was constructed on the high point at the edge
of the town which was originally known as Mount Prospect. Today the house has
been fully restored. Air conditioning and private bathrooms have been added to each of
its bedrooms. To learn more about the house, the Bed & Breakfast and our
policies, please click here.
Guest
Rooms
Situated in the
Great Smoky Mountains and forests of Western North
Carolina, Prospect Hill is one hundred year old Victorian Inn
providing luxurious Bed & Breakfast accommodation in
Waynesville, the Eastern entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains and the National Park.
Built over a hundred years ago on
one acre of the high ground at the edge of town, Prospect Hill Inn has
commanding views of the Smoky Mountains and forests in
all directions. At the same time it is just an easy walk from the old town
center with its cafes, galleries, gift and antique shops, and a short drive from
Biltmore estate, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Cherokee Casino. To see
our five elegant Bedrooms,
each with air conditioning, Cable TV, internet and private bathroom, click
here.
This Morning's Weather
Each morning (well .
. . nearly every morning) I take a digital photograph of the smoky
mountains from the porch or one of our bedroom windows and place it on
this page of the website. If you would like to see
a photograph of the mountains, taken from our
porch this morning, along with my
comment on the weather in Western North Carolina
today,
click
here.
Things to do & places to see
Waynesville is located at 2800 feet on a high
plateau in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, high enough to be above the humidity which plagues the
eastern seaboard most of the summertime, we enjoy warm sunny days and cool evenings.
It's an ideal location for a Bed & Breakfast weekend. The
town is surrounded by a dozen or more 6,000 foot mountains. The Blue Ridge Parkway
circles almost entirely around this county, and we're bound by the Smoky Mountain National
Park on one side, and the Pisgah National Forest on the other. Mount Mitchell, the
highest point in the US east of the Mississippi is just ninety minutes from our front
door. We're about mid-way between the Biltmore House in Asheville and the Harrah's
Casino in Cherokee and just a few minutes from Maggie Valley. On top of all that, its a really neat
little town! If you'd like
to see a selection of things to do and places to see, click
here.
Schedule of Local Events
Aside from the natural beauty of the area, Waynesville, and the nearby communities
in North Carolina also
offer many planned events to entertain and educate throughout the year, with Antique
shows, Craft shows, International dance festivals, Antique car shows, and many
others. To see a schedule of these local events, click
here.
Directions
Prospect Hill is very easy to find because we're right on Main Street just
on the edge of town, however we've prepared some directions depending on where
you're coming from and you'll find them by clicking
here.
Photo Tours
We have made a couple of local
tours, taking photographs along the way for you to see. You can see our
photo tour of the Blue Ridge Parkway here,
and out photo tour of Lake Junaluska here
Book Reviews
Many of our guests are book lovers, and like myself, enjoy a good book.
This section of the web site is an attempt to share our reading experiences and
opinions about the books we have read. My
most recent review is of the book
The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson ( A really good book) . To see a listing of books reviewed (can't believe
I've read all those books), click here
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