The Blue Ridge Parkway will be opening on Monday, Sept. 15, all the way up to Mt. Mitchell State Park, according to a Facebook post from the Reems Creek Fire Department. The parkway had been closed ...

Along the southern end of the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River, hundreds of acres of critically endangered forests have been on the wish list of public and private conservation groups ...

From North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation: The North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, in collaboration with The Conservation Fund and 130 of Chatham, LLC, announced the completion ...

The restaurant in Mount Mitchell State Park in Yancey County has reopened with a new name after a $2.7 million renovation. The new Mount Mitchell Café & Eatery is open seven days a week from May into ...

A Blue Ridge Parkway tunnel is closed “until further notice” “due to a piece of the tunnel’s natural rock ceiling coming loose,” parkway officials posted on Facebook Tuesday. The closure means a ...

Editor’s note: David Freeze is visiting all 42 state parks in North Carolina. Contact him at [email protected]. After seeing a long-distance view of Mt. Mitchell in the clouds the night before, I ...