The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (or Cone Park) is a country estate in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 294.

The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (or Cone Park) is a country estate in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 294. The park is run by the National Park Service and is open to the public. It contains 3500 acres, a 16 acre trout lake, a 22 acre bass lake, and 25 miles of carriage trails for hiking and horses. The main feature of the park is a twenty-three room 13,000 square foot mansion called Flat Top Manor built about 1900. At the Manor there is a Craft Shop and demonstration center, along with an information desk and book store. The park is open year-round and sees 225,000 people each year, the most visited recreational place on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (or Cone Park) is a country estate in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 294. The park is run by the National Park Service and is open to the public. It contains 3500 acres, a 16 acre trout lake, a 22 acre bass lake, and 25 miles of carriage trails for hiking and horses. The main feature of the park is a twenty-three room 13,000 square foot mansion called Flat Top Manor built about 1900. At the Manor there is a Craft Shop and demonstration center, along with an information desk and book store. The park is open year-round and sees 225,000 people each year, the most visited recreational place on the Blue Ridge Parkway.