CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — For nearly two centuries, a natural wonder called Chimney Rock has stood sentry over the tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains that bears its name. Now, in the wake of Hurricane ...

Two nonprofits — Access Fund and the Carolina Climbers Coalition — recently purchased more than 16 acres of land near Chimney ...

Chimney Rock State Park will reopen June 27 via a new temporary access bridge. Main Street businesses remain closed, with most under ongoing reconstruction. Visitors must reserve park access; elevator ...

ASHEVILLE - Chimney Rock State Park will open seven days a week beginning July 28. The popular park in Hickory Nut Gorge — about 25 miles southeast of Asheville — reopened June 27, nine months after ...

A paved road is complete between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock, temporarily replacing a highway destroyed in Tropical Storm Helene while a permanent replacement is rebuilt. U.S. 64/74A was washed out by ...

Of the hundreds of North Carolina roads damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, few were as devastated and will cost as much to rebuild as the 2 1/2-miles of highway in Hickory Nut Gorge between ...

Cars rolled across a brand-new temporary bridge into Chimney Rock State Park on Friday, ending a nine-month shutdown that had choked the tourism lifeline of this mountain hamlet and much of western ...

Chimney Rock State Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty, nestled within the mountains in Western North Carolina. Famous for its 500-million-year-old monument, a huge outcrop with views ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The flood waters that destroyed much of Chimney Rock village last Sept. 27 also took out the bridge over the Rocky Broad River that ...