Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. N.C. State Parks posted this photo to its social media Nov. 2 of a camper after a bear visited Gorges State Park, saying the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Check one off the bucket list. For well over a decade I had wanted to hike one of the long, remote trails in Gorges State Park and ...

SAPPHIRE -- Looking to party in the dark, in a park? Gorges State Park in Transylvania County, about 40 miles southwest of Asheville, is the only North Carolina state park that will go completely dark ...

RALEIGH - A new 7,100-square-foot visitor center at Gorges State Park in Transylvania County, designed to national green building standards, along with two picnic areas and maintenance facilities will ...

Gorges State Park in Transylvania County is getting even more gorgeous as it grows to meet increased outdoor recreation needs with its first “modern” or “front-country” campground – a $3.5 million ...

SAPPHIRE, NC (Tuesday, Aug. 1) – The Friends of Gorges State Park is sponsoring The Eclipse at Gorges, a 3-day celebration leading up the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. This free, ...

Western North Carolina has added another gem to its world-class outdoor playground. Earlier this month, the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation unveiled a new 7,100-square-foot visitors center at ...

SAPPHIRE – Gorges State Park in Transylvania County has been selected as one of nine national finalists to receive a $100,000 Bell Built Grant to fund a gravity mountain bike trail. But the decision ...

The campground at Gorges State Park in Transylvania County will be temporarily closed beginning Nov. 2 due to black bear activity in the area. According to a news release from North Carolina State ...