Monarch butterflies migrate south every year to spend the winter in Mexico, starting in October. A festival this weekend in Gorges State Park in Sapphire is set to celebrate the epic journey.

This peaceful North Carolina mountain town is packed with scenic beauty, charming trails, and pure outdoor magic.

If you are looking for an outdoor adventure any time of the year, there is a real hidden "gem" in North Carolina. It is ideal ...

It’s been a year since meteorologists first spotted the system that would become Hurricane Helene. Timeline shows the system's path to North Carolina.

Tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Brevard, North Carolina, has earned its nickname as the "Land of Waterfalls" for good reason. This charming mountain town and surrounding Transylvania County ...

The allure of Lake Lure and Chimney Rock brought tens of thousands of tourists to western North Carolina every year for decades.

Stone Mountain provides habitat for the elusive bobcat, a native predator in the area. Medium-sized with tufted ears and ...

BURNSVILLE, N.C. – The first and oldest state park in North Carolina welcomed visitors once again on Monday, nearly a year after devastation caused by Hurricane Helene shut it down. Located 30 miles ...

Start high then step down the mountains week by week bring a thermos and let the ridgelines tell you where the color is ...

A view of Mount Mitchell from the Blue Ridge Parkway. At 6,684 feet above sea level, Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the eastern United States. NEWS & OBSERVER FILE PHOTO As the fall ...

As the fall leaf-peeping season approaches, the Blue Ridge Parkway reopened Monday between Asheville and Mount Mitchell State Park, allowing the park to open for the first time since the remnants of ...