Sugar Mountain is a sweet little mountain village located at an altitude of 5,236 ft in the High Country of North Carolina. It’s a perfect place for year-round outdoor adventures, offering gorgeous ...

Tucked away in Western North Carolina, Cherokee provides unparalleled access to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With ...

While cities like Asheville are the darlings of western North Carolina, the small towns that dot the mountains serve as the heartbeat. And although some of them are still recovering, the resounding ...

Park visitors wanting to get a taste of the Appalachian Trail can hop on the famous footpath at Newfound Gap for an 8-mile round-trip hike to Charlies Bunion. This scenic rock formation was exposed in ...

Three hours to the beach, two hours to the mountains. If you’ve lived in the Charlotte area for half a minute, you’ve heard this phrase plenty — and maybe you’ve even used it yourself. And in the ...

Last fall, Hurricane Helene canceled the city’s peak tourist season. But this year leaf season is back, along with old favorites like the Biltmore Estate and some new attractions that are creating ...

ASHEVILLE - A quarter-mile boardwalk traverses the wetland of the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary in North Asheville. The eight-acre nature preserve was created in the 1980s to protect against commercial ...

Whether you’re looking for frights, family fun, or just a reason to get outside and enjoy the crisp fall air, October has ...

Family-friendly events happening in Asheville and Western North Carolina include "Shrek the Musical Jr.," Brews & Bears at the WNC Nature Center, and Movies in the Park featuring "Wicked." Festivals ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. In Charlotte, when you say “the river,” you likely mean the Catawba. The go-to lakes are Norman and Wylie — maybe Mountain Island if ...