It takes your breath away: Schnebly Hill Road. Nov 17, 2009
Look for Munds Mountain to the south-southeast, Airport Mesa (formally Table Top Mountain) to the west-southwest and Chimney Rock and the Cockscomb farther west. The low, dark silhouettes of Mingus and Woodchute mountains stretch across the southwestern horizon. (AZCentral -- Travel)
'Dirty Dancing' town plans Swayze memorial Sep 19, 2009
The town of Lake Lure, N.C. will remember Swayze during a memorial service at Saturday Sept. 19 at Firefly Cove, a housing development that was Camp Chimney Rock when "Dirty Dancing" was filmed. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Hike the Bear Mountain Trail Sep 11, 2009
Take a map and you can pick out the prominent hump of Capitol Butte to the east-southeast and the distinctive spire of Chimney Rock to its right. Doe Mountain and the Cockscomb stand in the south, and Airport Mesa, Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte are far to the southeast. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Last-minute holiday escapes Jul 3, 2009
Whale watching has been good but crowded at Point Reyes Lighthouse and Chimney Rock Headlands. All trailheads are open. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Gathering green on the way up Montara Mountain Mar 21, 2009
Dozens of other flowers are imminent, like the fantastic annual iris blooms at Limantour and Chimney Rock at Point Reyes National Seashore ... Point Reyes National Seashore: Chimney Rock, Limantour, Sky Trail, Coast Trail. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Park announces temporary closures Mar 8, 2009
Hikers may access trails to Thurmont Vista, Wolf Rock and Chimney Rock as well as the Falls Nature Trail from the Visitor Center Trailheads. The Catoctin Trail will be open. (The Herald-Mail Online)
3 great deals: Sedona, European cruise, Colorado. Feb 14, 2009
This rugged ride will take you past famous rock formations, including Capitol Butte, Chimney Rock, Lizard Head and Doe Mesa. The company also is offering 15 percent off anything pink in its store, 204 N. Arizona 89A, including shirts, socks, hats and mugs. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Low-key style helps state get landmarks Feb 7, 2009
Ledford, 54, has worked to expand natural areas for the public and, with a lot of help, has secured the future of two North Carolina landmarks, Chimney Rock and Grandfather Mountain, by adding them to the park system ... There he met Lu Morse, chairman of the board of Chimney Rock, a 315-foot monolith southeast of Asheville ... Morse told him that his family, which had owned Chimney Rock for more a century, was doing estate planning, but assumed the state was not in a position to buy. (News & Observer)
29 places to go in 2009 Feb 7, 2009
Make the new year one to remember at one of these travel hotspots. Yoray Liberman / Getty Images fileLocated in the center of Turkey, approximately 450 miles from Istanbul, Cappadocia is a Salvador Dali painting come to life. (MSNBC -- Travel)
