With temperatures slowly rising to the balmy Western North Carolina summer standard, and old favorites reopening to visitors, it's a great time to start planning a hike. There are countless trails in ...

ASHEVILLE - DuPont State Recreational Forest will partially reopen Nov. 1 following weeks of recovery efforts, damage assessment and debris removal in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene, according to ...

Summer is heating up and it's getting harder to spend time outside, beautiful as it may be. Luckily, the clear cold water in the creeks, streams and waterfalls of Western North Carolina offers an ...

CEDAR MOUNTAIN – DuPont State Recreational Forest (DSRF) has reopened the popular foot traffic only Triple Falls Trail following temporary repairs. “Hurricane Helene created a historic level of ...

This article is published through the N.C. News Collaborative, a partnership of BH Media, Gannett and McClatchy newspapers in North Carolina that aims to better inform readers throughout the state.

The massively popular DuPont State Recreational Forest announced plans in 2021 to develop a Master Recreation Plan with the aim of protecting the forest’s precious natural resources as visitation ...