Black Mountain is ready to welcome visitors back after Hurricane Helene, and through a unique partnership, UNC Greensboro marketing students are helping encourage visitors to return to this charming mountain town.

Thanks to ongoing clean-up efforts, more state parks have fully or partially been reopened, as have sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway. They were temporarily closed due to impacts from Hurricane Helene.

Black Mountain is open for business, and based on social media comments, you’re excited! And you have questions. Here are answers to your FAQs including, how can restaurants be open under a Boil Water notice, and how bad is the traffic, really?

Thanks to ongoing clean-up efforts, Crowders Mountain, Gorges, Grandfather Mountain, and Lake Norman state parks partially reopened on Nov. 1. Rendezvous Mountain fully reopened. They were temporarily closed due to impacts from Hurricane Helene.

Through this new website, you’re invited to discover our unique local businesses and destinations— not to mention our welcoming community spirit—which make Black Mountain, North Carolina such a special place to visit again and again.