The storm destroyed the entrance to the state park — a bridge flanked by two stone gatehouses — along with a third of the businesses in Chimney Rock Village, with all others impacted and left closed.

Lake Lure and Chimney Rock are only accessible by Highway-9 from the Columbus area and Highway-64 from Rutherfordton, according to officials. Access to the area through Bat Cave remains closed.

A destroyed house with a car under it in Chimney Rock, N.C., on Sunday. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer. via Reuters) A week after Hurricane Helene pummeled the Southeast, leaving at ...

There is little left of the tourist village of Chimney Rock after flood waters from Tropical Storm Helene swallowed it. Here's the latest from the community.

Chimney Rock State Park reopened June 27, nine months after Tropical Storm Helene. Local officials say the park is vital to the region's tourism economy, with over 400,000 visitors in 2023.

The state park, nestled 25 miles outside of Asheville in Rutherford County, was one of 13 that was shut down after the storm, ...

Chimney Rock Village, NC, will celebrate its post-Hurricane Helene rebuilding efforts at a Christmas event that gives visitors a chance to support the work.

CHIMNEY ROCK. The flood waters that destroyed much of Chimney Rock village last Sept. 27 also took out the bridge over the Rocky Broad River that served as the main entrance to the park for decades.

Chimney Rock was one of Helene's worst-hit places. ... One resident estimated that about 40% of the village was gone with buildings, streets, and homes completely destroyed in the area.

For Shari Cummings, Chimney Rock had been home for nearly 30 years. That changed in September when Helene unleashed its fury. She lost her home, her business and everything she had worked for, but ...

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. (WSPA) – More than ten weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina, the cleanup and rebuild process remains underway. In an effort to help some of ...