Mount Mitchell State Park
State park in Yancey County, North CarolinaWikipedia
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Oct 14, 2026
KatHOST
The River Arts District.
KatHOST
Oh, Mount Mitchell State Park in Asheville.
KatHOST
The Asheville Botanical Garden is free.
KatHOST
Some free museums in Asheville to check out.
Jayson SellersGUEST
I was in management and retail, and during that time, I realized it was a beautiful day, kind of like today, and I thought to myself, the only opportunity I have to go outside and enjoy this beautiful day is to get grocery carts.
Jayson SellersGUEST
And then as I started college, my first visit to, like, an official traditional state park was up in North Carolina, Mount Mitchell State Park.
Jayson SellersGUEST
And I remember, uh, interacting and kind of interviewing the park manager there, and at that moment I knew I wanted to become a park ranger.
Devyn WhitmireHOST
What a typical work day look like for you, if you had one?
Howard NeufeldGUEST
And all but an 11-mile stretch of it is now open for fall color viewing.
Howard NeufeldGUEST
The only part that's still closed is, um, the part just north of Mount Mitchell State Park, about 11 miles north of that on the parkway.
Howard NeufeldGUEST
But other than that, the rest of the parkway is completely open, and there are plenty of overlooks where you can look down and, and see all the colors, and lots of nice hikes.
Howard NeufeldGUEST
If you go to my fallcolorguide.org page and go to the More tab, there's a bunch of files there, and one of them is Drives and Hikes.
JasonHOST
So, you know, you're not going to have a repeater system that lasts that long on battery and solar power, generally speaking.
NickGUEST
And from my understanding, they were actually guys taking fuel up to the generator up there on Mount Mitchell to refuel it so they could keep it going the whole time.
JasonHOST
My understanding was that Mount Mitchell was outside of the affected area completely, so they didn't— Maybe I'm wrong about it.
JasonHOST
Maybe I'm misremembering that.
JasonHOST
I don't remember.
NickGUEST
I just know they reopened the state park not that long ago.
NickGUEST
Yes.
NickGUEST
That's actually Mount Mitchell, so— Yeah,