The Miller Farmstead at Roan Mountain State Park

Nestled away atop Roan Mountain is a little farm with a big history. The Dave Miller Farmstead, part of Roan Mountain State Park, serves as a living museum to a past age — a time when farming and raising livestock was how many people lived.

The farmstead was first settled by Dave and Louisa Miller and their family in 1870. The farmhouse which currently stands on the site was built by Dave Miller and his son Nathaniel “Nat” Miller in 1908.

The farmstead is now used as an interpretive site by the Roan Mountain State Park to educate visitors on the lifestyles of the people of this area of the Appalachian Mountains. The Miller Farmstead is open Wednesday through Sunday from Memorial Day through Labor Day and then on weekends in October.

In 2014 the Miller Farmstead was added to both the State Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.