Hendersonville (North Carolina)

Hendersonville is a small town just south of Asheville, North Carolina.

Established in 1847, downtown Hendersonville is full of 19th and early 20th century architecture and has a friendly "Small Town, USA" feeling. You'll find a thriving Main Street complete with fine restaurants, homemade ice cream shops, antique stores, and lots of artists and art galleries. Downtown Hendersonville is a fantastic place to spend a day shopping with beautiful landscaping, wide sidewalks, comfortable benches, outdoor water fountains and plenty of parking, not to mention all of the wonderful and unique shops.

Understand
The population estimate for 2020 is 15,137 and it is 2,200 feet above sea level.

Get in
Hendersonville lies 40 miles north of Spartanburg, South Carolina and 22 miles south of Asheville, North Carolina at the southern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hendersonville can be accessed from three exits from Interstate 26.

The nearest airport served by commercial airlines is Asheville Regional Airport. For more options, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a major airport in Charlotte, is less than a two-hour drive away.

Hendersonville is also served by a privately owned, public use airport. The Hendersonville Airport has been in operation since 1932, and is located 2.5 miles southeast of the town.

Apple Country Public Transit Route 3 offers bus service to and from Asheville Regional Airport, where you can connect to buses to Asheville.

Get around

 * Apple Country Public Transit - 526 Seventh Avenue East. +1 828 698-8571.
 * Checker Cab Co. - 525 S Grove St. +1 828 692-2424.

Do

 * Apple Festival, Labor Day weekend
 * Play golf.
 * Art and Craft Community
 * Play golf.
 * Art and Craft Community

Buy

 * Main Street shopping district.

Connect
Free outdoor wifi is provided downtown.

Go next

 * Blue Ridge Parkway, nearest access is Asheville
 * Great Smoky Mountains National Park, nearest gateway is Cherokee.
 * Pisgah National Forest
 * Chimney Rock State Park 18 miles from downtown Hendersonville on Hwy. 64 East.