Juanita Wilson, the photographer of this image of bear hunters on Mount Mitchell, was someone who, if you didn’t know her, you didn’t know Asheville, her 1976 obituary stated. For almost 40 ...

“In 1953, the son of the Pioneer abolitionist Capt. William Mitchell, he gave the state the 30 acre hilltop with the intention that it become a public park to celebrate the Beecher Bible and Rifle ...

A Ribbon Cutting & Celebration will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21 at Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park, 29000 ...

In 2016, The Conservation Fund celebrated the centennial of the N.C. State Park System and Mount Mitchell by purchasing 2,744 acres in the Black Mountains adjacent to Mitchell and giving the land ...

Note: Mount Mitchell State Park is under long-term closure. Unsure of where to stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway? For unbeatable views of the mountains, pay a visit to Mount Mitchell State Park.

More than 800 cyclists will ride 102.7 miles to the top of Mt. Mitchell, NC from downtown Spartanburg.' expand='true' crop='original'][/image] A bus ride is provided at the end of the competition ...

For a majority of the 881 riders who began Monday in Spartanburg, South Carolina, en route to the summit of Mount Mitchell, it was clear the 103-mile trek would prove too much. This was my first ...