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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Guided Bird Walk Today at Chimney Rock Park

June 23 Simon Says Guided Bird Walk: Summer Birding at Chimney Rock Park. During the summer, dozens of species of warblers breed in the Park. Join world-traveled expert Simon Thompson to see and hear these feathered friends, including Worm-eating, Swainson's, Black-and-white, Hooded and Yellow-throated Warblers.

The summer-resident Scarlet Tanagers and Wood Thrushes will likely be singing and establishing their territories. Chimney Rock is an official site on the NC Birding Trail and hosts the region’s premier fall migration birding event, Flock to the Rock on Sept. 21-22.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Fall Leaf Color Hike at Chimney Rock Park

Fall color at Chimney Rock Park

Date: October 20 Off the Beaten Path Guided Hike: Fall Color Ridge Hike Hike to the top of the ridges of Chimney Rock Mountain and experience dramatic views surrounded by beautiful fall color. Your guide will be internationally renowned naturalist Ron Lance.

The hike proceeds more than 1,000 feet above the valley floor. Bring your camera—this is the most scenic Chimney Rock hike all year long! The 2-hour hike is moderately strenuous.

Find Chimney Rock Lodging and more local events on the Chimney Rock NC Visitor Guide.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Chimney Rock Park Fall WIldflower Hike

October 6 Off the Beaten Path Guided Hikes: Fall Wildflower The Changing of leaves is not the only source of Fall color in the mountains. In Chimney Rock Park there are magnificent fall flowers along the trails.

With guide Ron Lance, an internationally renowned and published naturalist, you can discover yet another beauty of the mountains. Many folks think spring is the peak wildflower season, but at Chimney Rock flowers are in bloom much of the year. Expect to see such beauties as asters, Pink Turtlehead, boneset and more. Off the Beaten Path Guided Hikes: Fall Wildflower

Learn more about Chimney Rock Park on the Chimney Rock NC Visitor Guide.

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The Blue Ridge Parkway at 469 miles long is the nation's longest scenic rural parkway. Now 70 years old it is administered by the National Park Service and host to approximately 20 million visits annually. It connects the Shenandoah Valley National Park with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Along the route are opportunities for lodging, dining, camping, hiking and simply enjoying breathtaking views from easily accessible overlooks and picnic areas. For additional information visit :The Blueridge Parkway Association

The River Arts District is open year around with the opportunity to meet artists in their studios. Schedules are available online. This unique area along the French Broad River is home to more than 165 artists with working studios located in 18 turn-of-the-century industrial buildings. The artists of the River Arts District welcome you into their studios to talk with them, see their latest artwork, watch demonstrations, and experience for yourself the magic hidden inside the time-worn factories and warehouses along the French Broad River.

Chimney Rock Park is named for a 500 million-year-old giant granite monolith overlooking Hickory Nut Gorge. Visitors are awed by the breathtaking view that spreads 1200 vertical feet beneath them and 75 miles across the Carolinas. The now state owned park encompasses 1,000 acres offers the best of the mountains in one place with spectacular 75-mile views, hiking trails for all ages, a 404-foot waterfall, a variety of special events and much more. Chimney Rock NC

The National Scenic Byways Program is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The program is a grass-roots collaborative effort established to help recognize, preserve and enhance selected roads throughout the United States. Since 1992, the National Scenic Byways Program has provided funding for almost 1500 state and nationally designated byway projects in 48 states. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recognizes certain roads as All-American Roads or National Scenic Byways based on one or more archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic qualities.

Tsali Recreation Area is an outdoors lover's paradise. Probably the most popular features of Tsali Recreation Area are the 39 miles of trails suited for mountain bikers and horse-back riders, as well as hikers. The 4-loop system offers a variety of landscapes. You can climb 1-foot wide rugged paths or travel flat, well-beaten roads. The four trails--Right, Left, Mouse Branch, and Thompson Loops--meander through mixed pine and hardwoods on a peninsula stretching into Fontana Lake. Near Bryson City NC and Robbinsville NC.