Mount Mitchell Golf Club is about an hour northeast of Asheville, and1 1/2 hours from the Tri-Cities, and just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's one of the better courses in the NC mountains, routed through the Toe River Valley on mostly flat terrain. Mostly straightforward holes with tree lined fairways overall, a nice design of 6495 yards, 131 slope from the back tees by Fred Hawtree in 1971. Greens fees are a little expensive for the area, but the course and facilities are first class.