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Jan 29 2007
01:24 pm
NC to purchase Chimney Rock Park
By: R. Neal

The State of North Carolina is going to purchase Chimney Rock Park:

The state will spend $24 million to buy privately owned Chimney Rock Park, a landmark in western North Carolina that has served as the setting for several major motion pictures, a state parks official said Monday.

Gov. Mike Easley is expected to formally announce the pending sale late this morning, said Charlie Peek, spokesman for the state Division of Parks and Recreation.

The article says the family who owns the park turned down $20 million and listed it with Sotheby's for $55 million. A private donation of $2.35 million helped sweeten the deal.

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That sounds like a great

Submitted by JaHu on Mon, 2007/01/29 - 11:06pm.

That sounds like a great idea. I wonder if they will still charge visitors to go to the top? I went there once, and if I'm not mistaking, they were charging $11 to go to the top. Didn't seem worth it to me so we didn't go. I think two major movies were filmed in the area. 'Last of the Mohican's' was actually filmed in the park and 'Dirty Dancing' was filmed at Lake Lure just a few miles south of Chimney Rock. It might eventually turn out to be a nice vacation destination.

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