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Mountain SHOPPING

Merchandise

THERE IS ALWAYS TIME FOR SHOPPING IN
BLAIRSVILLE-UNION COUNTY

Hemlock Trading
W hen you plan your next getaway in Blairsville – or lucky with you. Local artists and crafters supply the shop

frequently, so there’s always something new and exciting
you who live here – make it around Third Saturdays
Downtown each month of the year. Why? Because
Smoky Mountain Handmade Candles is about more than the
Downtown Blairsville is abuzz until 7 p.m. with extended hours for sale.
in participating shops. You can sweeten this outing with happy soy candles or country/earthy blends that we light to brighten
hour or dinner in a new or familiar restaurant. our spaces. Browse bath and body lotions, shampoos and soaps,
CBD creams and oils, even a pet line with natural anxiety oils
Downtown Blairsville and hip/joint ailments oils.
Duck into shops like Book Around Bookstore, Hemlock Safe Pet Project Thrift Store is your way of supporting animal
Trading Company, Sugar Magnolia Gifts and Interiors, and a rescue and services, from dogs to donkeys, and cats to cows.
dozen-plus more. It’s a thrift store that feels like an upscale boutique but with
Check out from me 2 U, Blairsville’s everyday gift shop, the reasonable prices. Donations of gently used clothes, household
place to find the classical, the whimsical, the unexpected. items and furniture in very good condition, plus fun-find
treasures help fund the nonprofit.
Find the next great décor piece for home at Keen Creations &
Co., a store that lets you take a bit of Blue Ridge culture home
Country Goodness
“It’s a little bit of everything” at Sunrise Grocery since the
1920s. Just south of Blairsville at the foot of Neel Gap, the store
still maintains the charm and character of the Appalachian soul.
Find local mountain foods, arts, and gifts from the family-
owned store.
Can’t leave the mountains without your locally ground grits!
Logan Turnpike Mill sells stone-ground grits and porridge, corn
meals, flours, and mixes ground on the antique grist mills.
Corn is from the Southeast. Wheat is sourced from Montana
where the cold climate and soil produce a high protein grain.
Rye comes from the Midwest and buckwheat from up-state New
York. The mills keep on grinding as they have for the Holland
family owners for 38 years!
When you’re first in town and need to stock the kitchen, you
can also pick up essentials at Blairsville locations of Walmart,
Aldi and Save A Lot.

Sporty Spots
The retailer Mountain Crossings is the only place where the
Appalachian Trail passes through a man-made structure. Built
in 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Walasi-Yi
Interpretive Center was completed simultaneously with the trail
and is where the store is located. Mountain Crossings
is a leading distributor for thru-hikers on one of the world’s
most famous trails – selling high quality hiking gear to get you
through an hour on the trail or for eight months, with foods,
refreshments, and Appalachian gifts.
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