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37-03500 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2405208 [2] Website. www.townofbannerelk.org. Banner Elk is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,028 at the 2010 census. [4] Banner Elk is home to Lees–McRae College.
Lees–McRae College is a private college in Banner Elk, North Carolina, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).Lees–McRae College sits in the Appalachian Mountains at 3,720 feet (1,130 m) above sea level, [5] the highest elevation of any American college or university east of the Mississippi River. [6]
Avery County Jail. Avery County Jail. December 9, 1999. ( #99001494) 1829 Schultz Cir. and Glenn Hicks Lane. 36°05′12″N 81°55′34″W. / 36.086631°N 81.926003°W / 36.086631; -81.926003 ( Avery County Jail) Newland. former jail that now houses the Avery Historical Museum.
Woolly Worm Festival. The Woolly Worm Festival is an event held each October since 1978 in Banner Elk and Avery County, North Carolina. [1] The festival celebrates the supposed weather-predicting abilities of the woolly worm, also called "woolly bear" which is a caterpillar or larvae of the isabella tiger moth. Events include a caterpillar race.
The current NC 184 was established in 1956 as a new primary routing, connecting NC 105 to NC 194 in Banner Elk. [4] In 1981, NC 184 was extended through Banner Elk, with brief overlap with NC 194, then continuing along Beech Mountain Parkway to the town of Beech Mountain; ending one mile (1.6 km) after crossing into Watauga County .
Ray Hicks was born on August 29, 1922, in Banner Elk, North Carolina. He was the fourth of 11 children [4] of Nathan and Rena Hicks. [5] He had Cherokee ancestry, traced through his great-grandmother. [6] Storytelling and ballad-singing were a big part of life with the Hicks family. Ray was in the eighth generation of family storytellers. [4]
Banner Elk Hotel. / 36.16056°N 81.87194°W / 36.16056; -81.87194. Banner Elk Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina. The original section of the hotel dates to about 1856, with expansions made between 1877 and 1891. Two-story rear wings and smaller additions were made between 1891 and 1898.
The Colorado Rattlecam Livestream of a Prairie Rattlesnake rookery runs 24-7 from May to October. The California Rattlesnake Rookery Livestream, which monitors a snake den on the central coast of ...