Directions:
From Spruce Pine take Hwy 226 South to Blue Ridge Parkway; Stay on Parkway to Little Switzerland Exit; Turn Right onto Chestnut Grove Rd; Turn Left onto McKinney Mine Rd at stone Church; follow to Blue Ridge Gem Mine Rd on Left; From Charlotte: Take I-85 N to to US 321 S to I-40, to Hwy 226; at top of mountain take a left onto Hwy 226A follow to Little Switzerland, take Chestnut Grove Rd; Turn Left onto McKinney Mine Rd at stone Church; follow to Blue Ridge Gem Mine Rd on Left