SAPPHIRE, NC (Tuesday, Aug. 1) – The Friends of Gorges State Park is sponsoring The Eclipse at Gorges, a 3-day celebration leading up the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. This free, ...

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 on the final Friday in October my older brother Johnny and I were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gorges State Park’s unique geographical position on the edge of the Blue Ridge escarpment makes it a hot spot for waterfalls. Here the topography grows rough and streams quicken as they rush through ...