South Mountains State Park will begin to reopen March 17, with the main entrance becoming accessible sometime in April.

Containers of Moravian cookies for sale at the North Carolina Museum of History gift shop on Feb. 28, 2023, in downtown ...

While many national and state parks in Western North Carolina remain closed after Helene's destruction, Gorges State Park is ...

This state park in North Carolina can compete with bigger national parks nearby with its stunning views, well-maintained ...

North Carolina State Parks stepped in, purchasing the land in April of 1999, according to Pagano. At the southern edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, moisture drifting up from the Gulf of Mexico ...

The state closed all 13 of its parks west of Interstate 77 after the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina. Most were at least partially open again by mid-December.

Visitors to national parks and forests from North ... all these places across the state. These park units support North Carolina’s economic health.” Tourism is one of North Carolina’s ...

The North Carolina state parks system manages over 260,000 acres of land, with rising visitation rates reaching tens of millions of individual visitors a year. As those cherished lands are put at ...