Lansing, NC

united states

Lansing is a tiny Blue Ridge Mountain town in northwestern North Carolina, home to just 165 people near the Virginia border. US Highway 221 runs right through town, connecting north to Virginia and south toward Blowing Rock. Most visitors arrive via US 221 from Jefferson (15 miles) or US 421 from Boone connecting through Deep Gap. The town sits along the South Fork New River, where local outfitters rent canoes and tubes for floating this ancient waterway that flows north.