Downtown Boone (King Street)
King Street, Boone
A mountain town home to Appalachian State University, with an old drugstore, bookshops, craft breweries and bluegrass music along King Street.
Boone is named after the frontiersman Daniel Boone and serves as the hub of life in the High Country. King Street preserves its brick storefronts from the 1920s and 1930s, including the old soda fountain at Boone Drug, the Boone branch of Mast General Store, independent bookshops and cafés. In the evening, you can head to a craft brewery to hear bluegrass music. A bronze statue of folk singer Doc Watson stands on the street. The campus of Appalachian State University is right next door.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens
- Horn in the West
- Appalachian Ski Mtn.
- Tweetsie Railroad
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
- Blowing Rock Main Street
- Glen Burney Trail