The popular, outdoorsy city of Asheville is the centerpiece of North Carolina's Buncombe County, an area of scenic forested slopes and mountain passes that includes a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway plus access to the state's highest peak, Mount Mitchell. A total of nearly 5,000 acres were listed for sale in Buncombe County recently, representing a combined $445 million in Buncombe County farms and rural land for sale. Buncombe County ranks 13th out of 100 counties in the state for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Of all land and rural real estate for sale in Buncombe County, Asheville had the most land for sale. Buncombe County is North Carolina's 22nd largest county (659 square miles). It's located in the Mountains North Carolina region of the state.