Buncombe County, North Carolina
Swannanoa Real Estate and Local Guide
Unincorporated community in the Swannanoa Valley between Asheville and Black Mountain, straddling the Swannanoa River and Interstate 40 within the Asheville metropolitan area.
Living in Swannanoa
Home to Warren Wilson College, a member of the national Work Colleges Consortium where students combine academics with required campus work. Source: workcolleges.org
Homes in Swannanoa
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Swannanoa home
Warren Wilson College
Private liberal arts work college with a 1,000-acre campus, working farm, and forest
Alexander Inn
Historic inn listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984
Swannanoa Tunnel
Historic Blue Ridge railroad tunnel remembered in the folk song 'Swannanoa Tunnel'
Grovemont Park
Community park with a playground, rubberized walking track, and picnic areas
Warren Wilson College Trails
Public River, Jones Mountain, and Dam Pasture trails through farm and forest
Swannanoa areas to know
Grovemont
Early planned community originally built for Beacon mill executives
Beacon Village
Former Beacon Manufacturing mill village of single-family homes and duplexes