Nearby Asheville is always winning awards and making many different top 10 lists.  A recent Country Living article ranks Asheville #1, among the top ten coziest cities!  Enjoy a visit to Asheville, perhaps to one of their great restaurants, or breweries, to an art gallery, for some bluegrass music, or check out all the many Asheville activities on our helpful Links page.   

We have the best location in the world here at the Heritage Ridge Villas.  We are an easy 35 minute 4 lane highway drive from Asheville.  But we gain 1500 ft. in elevation along the short trip.  That means we have much cooler summer temperatures than Asheville.  Every one of our villas has amazing long range views, as we are nestled on a ridge top with views to the east and the west sometimes.  We have our own on site hiking trails and all the amenities of Mountain Air, including restaurants, a spa and swimming pool, tennis courts and golf,  But lovely Asheville beckons whenever we are up for trying a new restaurant, seeing the latest movie, or attending one of the world class festivals that call Asheville home.

Old cars, of all sorts.  The police chief and his wife, from a local small town, And the "burn out" contest at the Poplar Car Show.  Photos © Louise Lindsay

​For those who are old car fans, or who simply love old time Appalachian parties, check out the Poplar Car Show, coming up on August 27, 2017.  Louise Lindsay and her husband and their two poodles have enjoyed these shows in the past and hope to attend this year.  ​Louise had a lot of fun practicing "street photography" at a prior trip to the Poplar Car show and shares some of her photos with us.

Poplar is out in the middle of no where, but not too far from Mountain Air.  There is a huge field, full of old cars.  Then there is the local "burn-out" contest, where cars compete to spin their wheels and see who can create the most "smoke and burn".  There are food concessions with "funnel cake" and all sorts of Appalachian specialties.  This show is mostly for mountain locals, but is very welcoming of guests.  It is a beautiful drive through the country to get there.  

We get to wake up in our beautiful condos with their long range views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  We get to enjoy our lovely summer coolness brought by our 4,000 ft. in altitude.  But at our finger tips, adventures await.  A short drive to Asheville brings us all the restaurants and riches of city life.  And a drive through the country brings us the Poplar car show, the world class arts and crafts at Penland School of Crafts, and all sorts of theater, concerts, and literary events very nearby.  Or we can stay put on our mountain all day, enjoy our local hiking trails, eat in our lovely Mountain Air restaurants, and rock on our back or front porches, after a lovely massage at our Mountain Air spa, or a relaxing yoga class, or tennis game, or round of golf.  

A homeowner, Carol, sent us this beautiful image.  How lucky we are!  We get to wake up every morning to this long range mountain view from our condos.  And then we are only a 35 minute drive to nearby Asheville, and yet we are in the high mountains, with more altitude and the lovely coolness that comes with it.  On mornings like this one in the image, we are also gifted with glorious views of cloud inversions, drifting through the mountain ranges.  In this image, and from our living areas, bedrooms, and back porches, we get to look out on the glorious Black Mountain range.  Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak (6,684') in the Eastern U.S. is part of this amazing range.  And then, more gifts.  We are only a 10 min. drive to our lovely local village, Burnsville, where there is ample shopping,  and all the artists and crafts you could want.