Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park has been a tourist destination in western North Carolina since a simple stairway was built to the rock's summit in 1885.

Who built Chimney Rock?

The Beginning. The story of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure cannot be told without recounting the life of one man—Dr. Lucius B. Morse—who demonstrated what uncompromising vision and foresight can accomplish.

Has anyone ever died at Chimney Rock?

In 2008, a 2-year-old boy broke free of his mother's hand and fell more than 100 feet to his death from a cliff at Chimney Rock State Park. Four of the people who died over the past decade fell from waterfalls at South Mountains and Stone Mountain.