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Chimney Rock State Park is still only reachable via Lake Lure, with direct access from Asheville, Hendersonville and Black ...
The beloved Chimney Rock anchor reopened July 25 and is seeing its loyal customers return after shuttered for 10 months after Helene.
Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Tropical Storm Helene. Local officials say the park is vital to the region's tourism economy, with over 400,000 visitors in 2023. The park ...
The village of Chimney Rock has been one of the many places devastated by Tropical Storm Helene. The once-thriving riverside tourist community in Rutherford County now lays under a thick layer of ...
Chimney Rock State Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty, nestled within the mountains in Western North Carolina.
Chimney Rock, a village that the U.S. Census estimates to be home to about 140 people, was one of the most devastated municipalities when Helene bashed Western North Carolina on Sept. 27.
Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, east of Asheville Monday after it was almost entirely wiped out by flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.
CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. — The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign ...
CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — It’s a symbol of hope, as Chimney Rock State Park raised the American flag on Monday, just days after Helene brought flooding and devastation to Western North Carolina ...
In Chimney Rock, the Rocky Broad River swallowed the village. “Everything along the river is gone,” said Tracey Stevens, who worked at the Chimney Rock brewery, which is now gone.