Visit Our Campus
We offer information sessions and campus tours six or seven days a week for prospective students and their families. Come see campus for yourself, hear from current students, and get all your questions answered. Sign up for a time below!
Daily Visits
Experience campus by joining us for a morning or afternoon session. Each visit offers a 25–30 minute information session covering academic programs, student life, and the admissions process. Afterwards, enjoy a 60-minute guided tour and step inside classrooms, explore dining options, visit our showroom dorm, and more!
Group Visits
Each visit includes a full information session and a guided campus walking tour, with opportunities to add customized programming based on your group’s interests. To ensure a personalized experience, we host only one group per day, so early scheduling is strongly recommended.
Request a Group TourAre you a high school senior or prospective transfer student?
Upcoming On-Campus Events
Get a feel for life on campus with a full day of tours, student and faculty meetings, and program-specific information sessions.
RegisterVirtual Campus Tour
Can't make a visit on campus?
Learn more about Lees-McRae in this 32-minute virtual information session with Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management Kevin Phillips, or take a virtual tour of campus. With questions or to have an admissions counselor follow up with more information, please email admissions@lmc.edu or call 828.898.5241.
Virtual Information Session
Virtual Campus Tour
From the heart of the Blue Ridge, we’re inspired every day by all that surrounds us. There are breathtaking vistas, shady valleys, and clear mountain streams minutes away and in every direction. And with so much to do, you better take a day (or two) to explore the High Country!
Banner Elk hosts concerts, markets, and community events throughout the year and who can forget the famous Woolly Worm Festival! Just miles from campus, take a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and visit nearby towns such as Boone, Blowing Rock, and Linville.
Want a break from driving? Segments of the Appalachian Trail and Mountains-to-Sea Trail wind through Avery County. If you’re looking to climb even higher, visit one of the local peaks including Grandfather Mountain, Sugar Mountain, or Beech Mountain, but be sure to bring your skis and snowboards in the winter months!
Address:
191 Main Street W.
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Location: Cannon Welcome Center (formerly Cannon Student Center)
Traveling west to campus: From Boone, North Carolina, take Highway NC 105 South to Route 184 (Tynecastle Highway) to downtown Banner Elk. Turn left at the stoplight onto Route 194 (Main Street West). Admission parking lot on the left in front of Cannon Welcome Center.
Traveling east to campus: From Johnson City, Tennessee, take Highway U.S. 19 East to Elk Park and Route 194 (Main Street West). Admission parking lot on the right in front of Cannon Welcome Center.
Campus Map
