By foot, it's about a 25-minute hike to the top via the 499-step Outcroppings trail. Chimney Rock is among the state's most iconic and photographed parks, named for a 535 million-year-old monolith ...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is working to restore access to Chimney Rock State Park with a temporary road ...

Celebration for Chimney Rock brought out a crowd who also got a short bus tour to see how the storm ravaged area was ...

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

Southern Living Magazine even recorded Chimney Rock State Park as North Carolina's best state park. Blessed with an abundance of hiking trails that snake through the mountains, one of North ...

The CHP said the crash occurred around 4:15 p.m. on Silverado Trail near Chimney Rock Winery. A 25- to 30-year-old woman with long black hair, white shirt and blue jeans was allegedly driving the ...