Find your next getaway at this gateway to the Smoky Mountains. Bryson City, North Carolina, offers a friendly Main Street, scenic train ride, and many riverside adventures.

Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Helene devastated the area. Local officials celebrated the recovery milestone last week.

After months of reconstruction, a temporary access road between Chimney Rock and Bat Cave has been completed, restoring connection between the two towns.

Local News NC's Chimney Rock State Park to reopen with limited routes, reservations required The state park announced that visitors will need to reserve tickets online in advance.

Chimney Rock State Park will reopen to guests on June 27, exactly nine months after it was closed due to Hurricane Helene, with several changes in place.

The U.S. Interior Department said Thursday it has agreed to pause the multi-year Great American Outdoors Act road project between Blowing Rock and Beacon Heights "to accommodate pressing community ...