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.

Any time is the perfect time to visit Black Mountain, but there’s something extra special about the first weekend in December. On Dec. 5-8, 2024, here’s how we’re rolling out the red and green carpet just for you.

The lifting of water usage restrictions are an incredible milestone as Black Mountain continues to recover from the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Please help us raise a glass of water (or locally brewed beer or distilled spirits) to our awesome Public Works department!

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.

Although we’re lending Mother Nature a hand, Helene clean-up is complicated and it’s going to take time. To help you plan your visit, we’re providing this list of Town parks and their current status. This list will be updated as repair milestones are reached.

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.

Want to talk like a local? It’s all about geography here in the Swannanoa Valley.

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.