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The Museum of North Carolina Minerals Visitor Center (Milepost 331)
 
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The area makes a natural stopping place for visitors along the Parkway. Besides its proximity to the Museum of North Carolina Minerals, which features artifacts from the nearby Spruce Pine mining district, the visitor can stop for the night or for a meal. In the early summer, the Meadows becomes a showplace of wildflowers, including the hawthorne, beard tongue, mountain laurel and gentian. The enterprising visitor can even hike the steep trail down to Crabtree Falls - as long as they are prepared for the quite strenuous climb back up!

You may walk through The Museum of North Carolina Minerals Visitor Center by clicking on the "hot spots" in the movie. While spinning the panoramas, looking around the room, your cursor will change into a large arrow pointing up. This specifies a "hot spot". Click the movie when this appears and you will be "virtually" walking through the building.

 

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