A perfect day to fly your flag Jun 14, 2019

A perfect day to fly your flag

We"re at Chimney Rock State Park, about 25 miles southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, for Flag Day. The 6,807-acre park gets its name from the 315-foot spire that offers expansive views of Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. If you"re wondering how this sizable flag made it up to the summit, we don"t know the answer to that. But there is an elevator inside the mountain that can zip you to the top in 32 seconds. The other option is to hike up the 499 steps to the viewpoint.

© Seb Coursol/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jun 14, 2018Celebrating Flag Day: ‘O long may it wave’
Jun 14, 2020Celebrating Flag Day
Jun 14, 2021A Flag Day tradition
Jun 14, 2022Museum Mile Festival
Jun 14, 2023Flag Day
Jun 14, 2024Flag Day
Jun 14, 2025Flag Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 18, 2022World Bamboo Day
Mar 26, 2023Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Jul 11, 2023World Population Day
Aug 12, 2018Join the parade for World Elephant Day
Mar 25, 2019Greece celebrates its independence
Aug 27, 2022Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
Jan 30, 2021Even nature needs a backup plan…
Aug 5, 2022Edinburgh festivals
Oct 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
Mar 11, 2020Anybody out there?
Sep 9, 2022Belize Barrier Reef
Oct 1, 2024Yosemite National Park anniversary
Mar 19, 2018Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
Apr 4, 2019Taking the forest to the cloud
Dec 8, 2024Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
Apr 22, 2019Meet our fuzzy Earth Day mascot
May 1, 2023Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Oct 30, 2025Camels at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Feb 4, 2018Male kori bustard, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Nov 8, 2023Manatee Awareness Month
Jun 29, 2024Tour de France 2024 begins
May 23, 2025World Turtle Day
Nov 26, 2023Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
Mar 6, 2018Celebrating National Dentist Day
Mar 20, 2021It s time for spring
Aug 13, 2021Fight for your lefts
Oct 3, 2021Birthplace of Roman emperors
Aug 15, 2018Best. Holiday. Ever.
Nov 16, 2018Ancient art in the Amazon
May 5, 2019Celebrating Mexico in a Cultural Capital