Supporters will celebrate the opening of Buncombe County’s newest public park this weekend. Collier Cove Nature Preserve, located at 194 Rhododendron Drive in Arden, consists of over 29 acres of ...

The Swannanoa school has 25 miles of hiking trails. Two nearly flat ones wind through a strip of large sycamores, buckeyes and other trees along the north side of the Swannanoa River for about 2 ...

The NC parks dept. completed a years-long process to purchase land for Pisgah View State Park. It will become the first state park in Buncombe County.

The trails will join the Carolina Thread Trail, a 15-county, two state network of connected greenways, trails and waterways. At least 300 miles of trails are open to the public as part of the network.

The U.S. Forest Service has reopened more trails and roads throughout areas of the Pisgah National Forest’s Appalachian Ranger District. In a news release earlier this month, the U.S. Forest ...