MORGANTON — Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina (FCNC) announces the opening of a new public hiking trail on its South Mountains Headwaters Preserve property in Burke County. Named the Bob ...

The Wilderness Gateway State Trail should be about 100 miles when completed, and connect Chimney Rock State Park in Rutherford County with South Mountains State Park in Burke County, to the towns ...

But the damage in South Mountains posed a particular challenge. At 21,000 acres, the park is the largest in the state system, with 50 miles of hiking, equestrian and cycling trails through remote ...

Andrew Slack of the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation works to clear a section of the Shinny Trail in South Mountains State Park on Oct. 30, 2024, a month after the remnants of Hurricane ...

But the damage in South Mountains posed a particular challenge. At 21,000 acres, the park is the largest in the state system, with 50 miles of hiking, equestrian and cycling trails through remote ...

FCNC’s South Mountains Headwaters Preserve was first established in 2015 to further protect land and water resources in the headwaters of the Henry Fork River and Jacob Fork River watersheds. Since ...

But the damage in South Mountains posed a particular challenge. At 21,000 acres, the park is the largest in the state system, with 50 miles of hiking, equestrian and cycling trails through remote ...

Andrew Slack of the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation works to clear a section of the Shinny Trail in South Mountains State Park on Oct. 30, 2024, a month after the remnants of Hurricane ...

But the damage in South Mountains posed a particular challenge. At 21,000 acres, the park is the largest in the state system, with 50 miles of hiking, equestrian and cycling trails through remote ...

Andrew Slack of the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation works to clear a section of the Shinny Trail in South Mountains State Park on Oct. 30, 2024, a month after the remnants of Hurricane ...