Welcome to Tweetsie Railroad, North Carolina's original family theme park, located in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in Blowing Rock, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Since 1957, thousands of visitors to Tweetsie Railroad have enjoyed a "blast from the past" as they visit a western town, hop aboard an historic steam locomotive for a 3 mile trip around the mountain, pan for gold, enjoy toe-tapping music and dancing, visit the animals in the petting zoo and take in the beautiful mountain scenery.