Camping in Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina

Stone Mountain, capped by a 600-foot dome, rises 2,305-feet from the forest floor in Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina’s largest. The dome, formed from igneous rock draws climbers to its bald face. Miles of hiking trails wind through the park, which offers a small campground with basic amenities and backcountry campsites.

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The Market Is Open In Boone

Watauga County Farmers’ Market

Boone’s Town Square Since 1974

Open Through October

Watauga County Farmers’ Market will be open every Saturday through the end of October. We will also have our holiday markets on the Saturday before and after Thanksgiving from 10 – 2. Come out and see us! You will find us [...]

The Wilderness Society Retreat in Little Switzerland

The following came in my email today and I thought I’d pass it along for anyone interested:

From: Rebecca Bright rebecca_bright@tws.org

Gary,

This may be of interest to readers of North Carolina Mountain Dreams who love the arts and the North Carolina mountains. If possible, it would be wonderful if you could help us get [...]

Meet The Judges

I received this email today and thought I should just pass it along.

Please join us for a very rare opportunity to hear first-hand from this year’s competition judges about why the final images were selected for this year’s exhibition of the 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition.

Bring a bagged lunch to the Turchin Center and we’ll [...]