The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and N.C. State Parks announced today that Chimney Rock State Park and the Chimney Rock attraction will reopen to visitors on Friday, June 27, ...

Chimney Rock State Park and the Chimney Rock attraction will reopen to visitors on Friday, June 27, nine months after ...

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See the views from the Chimney Tops: Over the course of two miles, the Chimney Tops Trail gains 1,400 feet in ... and 18 cottages and outbuildings. 8. Hike for a good night’s sleep: Hike to ...

I followed the trail, with the cedar swamp downhill on my left, and reached a rocky, dried-up streambed. On earlier hikes at other ... the base of a chimney and stone foundations for tool sheds ...

Currently free, sites like the Chimney Top Trail, Auxier Ridge Trailhead, Indian Creek and Grays Arch Picnic Area would cost $5 a day per vehicle, $7 for three days per vehicle or $50 annually.