CANDLER, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Pisgah View State Park, located in the lap of Mount Pisgah just 18 miles outside of Asheville, N.C., will provide Western North Carolina with over 1,500 acres of hiking, recreation and outdoor community when it opens. The big question is when that will be.
To find the answer, 828newsNOW spoke to Glenn Middleton, founding executive director of the Friends of Pisgah View State Park, a natural, educational and historical advocacy group supporting the growth of the nascent park.
When will Pisgah View State Park open?
Pisgah View State Park is located at 70 Pisgah View Ranch Road, the former site of Pisgah View Ranch in Candler, N.C., property owned by the Cogburn Family for over 200 years.
A bill to authorize a state park at Pisgah View Ranch passed the North Carolina House and North Carolina Senate in the summer of 2019, and additional funding authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly and former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in 2021 allowed the state to purchase the remaining acreage from the Cogburns. In the five years since, state and local planners have been at work to open the park to the public…