Mill Pond, Avery County, North Carolina     User input for Mill Pond, Avery County, North Carolina: Be the first to submit input for Mill Pond. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Mill Pond is glorious enough to spend more than a day at, Grandfather Campground and Cabins is a glorious local campground, and during your tour here you'll meet some folks from Boone for sure. This lake is so wonderful. Mill Pond gets a great deal of water; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month of the year is December. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors cool stuff the area in close proximity to Mill Pond has       to offer. Good hiking is available along the Daniel Boone Scout Trail; do put some time aside to spend at Buckeye Spring while you're here at Mill Pond. This lake is so wonderful. Very beautiful scenery and brilliant skiing is what you get at Hawksnest; Sugar Gap is close at hand, and is a wonderful site. Some close by water includes Bee Branch; whitewater paddling is tremendous on Elk River. Nearby lakes? Sure, Wildcat Lake is in the neighborhood of Mill                  Pond, and if you need a location to stay Beech Mountain Inns is a perfect choice. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Mill Pond; Yancey Ridge Trail is a pleasant local trail, and what would winter be without some skiing at Sugar Mountain. And that's not all you can do here at Mill Pond. If you don't mind getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Elk River; a brilliant nearby hotel is Best Western Mountain Lodge At Banner Elk. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Laurel Fork Trail, and what would a place like Mill Pond be without interesting close by highlights like Pinnacle of the Sugar. Through the warm days of summer, highs regularly are in the 70's at Mill Pond; the overnight is a little colder of course, frequently in the 50's. Throughout the winter the highs are frequently in the 40's, and nighttime lows during the winter for Mill Pond tend to be in the 10's. This lake is so wonderful. For you golfers we recommend close by Mountain Glen Golf Club; you're possibly interested in lakes, Inver Lochy Lake is one of those nearby. Camping at Down By The River Campground is always a perfect experience; a nice sight of beautiful Beech Mountain is available.   Beech Mountain Inns, Banner Elk Nothing tops the Beech Mountain Inns in Eastern Americas Highest Town with an Elevation of 5,506 feet. The Beech Alpen Inn compliments its Mountain setting with the old world charm of the rustic Inns ... Best Western Mountain Lodge At Banner Elk, Banner Elk Experience outstanding customer service and convenient access to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lee's McRae College and more at this pet-friendly Banner Elk, North Carolina hotel. Welcome to the Best Wes... Current weather conditions at Mill Pond, Avery County, North Carolina Local climate location: BANNER ELK 24 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 36.15806 Longitude: -81.87194 North Carolina Lakes Complete list of all lakes in North Carolina Avery County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Avery County Books about Mill Pond List of books available on Amazon.com about Mill Pond, Avery County, North Carolina. Outdoors Recreation Near Boone, North Carolina Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Boone, North Carolina, the metro area neareast to Mill Pond. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. North Carolina Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of North Carolina.     These outdoors activities are available near Mill Pond.   Hotels Near Mill Pond: Beech Mountain Inns, Banner Elk, 1 miles away Best Western Mountain Lodge At Banner Elk, Banner Elk, 1 miles away Archers Mountain Inn and Luxury Cabins, Banner Elk, 3 miles away Sugar Ski and Country Club, Sugar Mountain, 7 miles away La Quinta Inn AND Suites Boone, Boone, 11 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Mill Pond: Grandfather Campground and Cabins, Banner Elk, 2 miles away Down By The River Campground, Newland, 6 miles away Flintlock Campground, Boone, 7 miles away Jim and Jennie's Music Barn and Campground, Crossnore, 9 miles away   Ski Areas Near Mill Pond: Sugar Mountain, North Carolina, 2 miles away       1200 vertical feet Hawksnest, North Carolina, 3 miles away       619 vertical feet Appalachian Mountain, North Carolina, 7 miles away       365 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Mill Pond: Elk River, Avery CountyCounty, 5 miles away       Class IV-V - 8.4 miles long (Route 1326 to Route 1305) Elk River, Avery (NC)/Carter (TN) CountyCounty, 6 miles away       Class IV-V(V+) - 4.8 miles long (Route 130 to bridge above Sone Mtn Church Tennessee) Lost Cove Creek, Avery CountyCounty, 9 miles away       Class -blank- - 8 miles long (Main)   National Parks Near Mill Pond: Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville - NC, 57 miles away   Trails Near Mill Pond: Daniel Boone Scout Trail, Caldwell County, 6 miles away Yancey Ridge Trail, Avery County, 10 miles away Laurel Fork Trail, Carter County, 14 miles away   Golf Courses Near Mill Pond: Mountain Glen Golf Club, Newland, 5 miles away   Lakes Near Mill Pond: Wildcat Lake, Avery CountyCounty, 1 miles away Inver Lochy Lake, Avery CountyCounty, 3 miles away