If you're planning a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2025, make sure to stop and explore these amazing hiking trails.

Chimney Tops is one of the few mountains that has a bare rock summit and the views from the top are spectacular, according to travelers. The more than 4-mile out and back trail is a short climb ...

The building next door, where O’Leary sold top-of-line hiking gear, was still standing, but it had been gutted by the floodwaters that inundated Chimney Rock on Sept. 27. But at least ...

CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL MONUMENT – To archaeo-astronomers ... can be accessed by what forest officials say is a hazardous trail. SJNF officials announced in 2023 that the monument would be ...

The building next door, where O’Leary sold top-of-line hiking gear, was still standing, but it had been gutted by the floodwaters that inundated Chimney Rock on Sept. 27. But at least, O’Leary said, ...