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 ...

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 -- 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, ...

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 ...

Monarch butterflies migrate south every year to spend the winter in Mexico, starting in October. A festival this weekend in Gorges State Park in Sapphire is set to celebrate the epic journey. The ...

Thanks to funds from the Connect N.C. Bond Project, Gorges State Park will open a family campground on Saturday, Oct. 29, according to the Division of Parks and Recreation. The 13-acre campground ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October 2012, a kaleidoscope of monarch butterflies flew over the brand-new Gorges State Park Visitor Center, where ...

SAPPHIRE, N.C. — A black bear paid a visit to the campground at Gorges State Park Wednesday, prompting closures. Although no one was hurt, park staff want to take extra precautions by closing the ...

Located nearly 50 miles southwest of Asheville and close to 70 miles beyond Mount Mitchell, Gorges is easily the most western jewel in the crown of North Carolina’s State Parks system. Having been ...