3. Asheville Urban Trail
The 1.7-mile-long Asheville Urban Trail walks visitors through the cultural and architectural history of the city. This self-guided tour covers 30 stops and each is marked with a public sculpture that captures an important person or moment in the area's history. The tour is divided into five time periods -- from the Guilded age to the present Age of Diversity. The feather represents the Gilded Age, the horseshoe represents the Frontier Period, an angel for the Times of Thomas Wolfe, the courthouse for the Era of Civic Pride and an eagle for the Age of Diversity. These symbols are carved into pink granite blocks placed in the sidewalk along the way.
Time to spend: 1 to 2 hours
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