Monday, October 27, 2025
Oct 18 Hammonasset Beach
Oct 16 Pinchot Sycamore
Oct 13 Boar on Rhododendron Creek
Oct 12 Ramsey Cascade Old Growth Forest
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Sep 26 Stony Mountain
Stony Mountain in Stanley County has a ridgetop full of large boulders. This is private property but through an agreement between the Carolina Climbers Coalition and Stony Mountain Winery, this area is opened to limited public access. The Carolina Climbers Coalition has built a couple trails here to access the boulders. They ask that you register with them to access the trails. A QR code allows you to register on site.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Sep 19 Glensheen Fireplaces
Glensheen is the home built 1905-08 by Chester and Clara Congdon of Duluth MN. Chester had amassed a fortune in the mining business. He built this estate which has an "institutional" look in my opinion. It served as the family home for the Congdons until daughter Elizabeth's death in 1977. Tour guides are not permitted to talk of the circumstances of her death. She was murdered along with her nurse by her adopted daughter and husband who stood to gain financially from Elizabeth's death.
Oct 18 Hammonasset Beach
The rugged shoreline here is part of the massive moraine left by the last glaciation. The small rocks here are of many different types, di...
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In May of 1963, a Piper aircraft carrying 5 persons crashed into the north side of Hanging Rock Ridge. Two persons died as a result of ...
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In southern Randolph County, tucked away in a secluded field, in the flood plain of a tributary of Deep River, sits this Indian mound. It is...
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The Eno River "Swinging Bridge" is a cable suspension bridge spanning the Eno River a short distance behind the Visitor Center. ...























































