Rooster Rock State Park offers outdoor escape just 30 minutes from Portland Rooster Rock State Park offers families a beautiful retreat with hiking, disc golf and a unique clothing-optional beach.

Then came a return to camping with a report on Manchester State Park followed by hiking the Little Mashel Falls trail in Eatonville. Today, we return to camping with a visit to Steamboat Rock State ...

Chimney Rock State Park is still only reachable via Lake Lure, with direct access from Asheville, Hendersonville and Black Mountain yet to resume.

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 ...

According to the state park’s website, it will shift its hours of operation from weekends to seven days a week starting on July 28, 2025.