ICYMI: Easter Sunday is 3 days away. If Easter brunch or church isn’t your thing + you’d rather spend Easter Sunday outdoors, here are three great hikes + four egg hunts in and around Asheville.
Great news, Sunday is supposed to be 62º with 0% chance of rain.
Take it on the trails
🌲Catawba Falls | 📍3074 Catawba River Road, Old Fort, N.C. | Easy | 👟3 miles (round-trip) | 🚘 ~30 minutes from AVL
Perfect for the whole fam, this 100-foot waterfall has an amazing view + is a perfect spot for an afternoon picnic. For the best view: Upper Falls (for skilled hikers only) is a strenuous ½ mile hike that takes you up to a 50-foot waterfall above the Lower Falls.
🌲Mt. Pisgah | 📍Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 407.6 | Strenuous | 👟3 miles (round-trip) | 🚘 ~45 minutes from AVL
This hike is filled with some of the best views of the Asheville area. Bonus points if you can point out Biltmore Estate once you’re at the top. This trail is rocky so wear good shoes. Protip: Make the hike a day trip by taking the six-mile loop to Fryingpan Lookout Tower which is marked on the Pisgah trail (or drive to Milepost 408.5 to start the trail there).
🌲Craggy Gardens | 📍Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 364.1 | Easy | 👟1.5 miles (round-trip) | 🚘 ~45 minutes from AVL
Craggy Pinnacle + Gardens provide the most naturistic views. The trail itself is within tunnels of rhododendron (which bloom May-July), birch trees + wildflowers. At the top, the summit is filled with views such as Mount Mitchell + Asheville’s water reservoir.
Take a visit to the Easter Bunny
🐣Easter Egg Hunt | Biltmore Estate | 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. | For children ages 2-9 | The Biltmore Easter
Egg Hunt is one of the Southeast’s largest. With fun happening all around the estate you don’t want to miss out on all the activities (that means photos with the Easter Bunny🐰).
Egg hunt + Easter activities are included with estate admission.
🐣3rd Annual West AVL Egg Hunt | The Gathering Church, 60 State St. | 10:30 a.m. – noon
This free egg hunt begins at 11:30 a.m. following a morning of games, prizes, face painting + a snow cone truck.
🐣Easter Celebration - Egg Hunts & Lunch | Earthshine Discovery Center. 1600 Golden Rd., Lake Toxaway | 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch includes price of Egg Hunt + Hike; 12+: $29.50, 6-11: $16.50, 5-3: $11.50, under 3 are free
A morning event filled with an Easter Egg Hunt that is perfect for ages 3-8, an Egg Hunt Hike for ages 9+, followed by an all-you-can-eat lunch of Roasted Lamb, Baked Salmon, sides + dessert.
🐣Bonus Saturday hunt: Easter on the Green, presented by Ingles | Saturday | 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Pack Square Park | 121 College Street | Free
Asheville Plays will bring oversized games, prizes + activities will be provided Ingles, and, of course, the Easter Bunny will be there. Plus, Jim Donohoo photography will provide free downloadable photos (purchase for print) of Easter Bunny portraits. Egg hunts are age specific. See the times here.
Need to fuel up after? Here’s our list of Easter brunch spots to check out.
