Appalachian communities along the Blue Ridge Parkway are struggling to bounce back as big sections of the park remain closed ...

In a tourism study conducted in 2017, we learned that approximately 60% of visitors to the area participate in elk viewing,” ...

Tickets are available now for the park's Birds & Bears Guided Wildlife Tour and its annual Oyster Roast in January.

This North Carolina city may not be the most well-known, but it's packed full of fun trails, captivating outdoor adventures, ...

Winter does not mean you have to lock the kids inside and wait for spring.Snow actually turns the parks into giant tracking sheets, where every paw print ...

One factor to consider when scheduling a winter park trip is that if you want to see bucks and bulls with antlers, go early.

As 2025 comes to a close, we are all turning our sights to 2026 to see what the next year holds for us in many aspects. In ...

Federal funding is set to help Avery County rebuild its senior center, which was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Helene.

Winter transforms the Blue Ridge into a wonderland of quaint shops, parades, skiing, and old-fashioned holiday charm perfect ...

Pender County's parks department has banned e-bikes at all parks due to damages to facilities and safety concerns.

More than 30 apple trees persist on The Purchase at the national park. They're more than 125 years old, and their DNA is ...

For roughly 150 years, the sound of bugling elk was missing from Tennessee’s mountains — a silence so long-lasting it felt permanent. The state’s native Eastern elk subspecies disappeared in the ...