BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C. – Fall colors are making a bright comeback along the Blue Ridge Parkway town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina , after last year’s leaf peeping season was cut short due to the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene.

Beech Mountain, located at Milepost 305 along the Blue Ridge Parkway, is among the first to see peak fall colors in the Southeast. At an elevation of 5,506 feet, Beech is the highest town in the Eastern U.S. This year is already proving to be a colorful return to fall tourism after flooding from Hurricane Helene ended leaf-peeping season early last year in Western North Carolina.

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A spokesperson from Beech Mountain said from the last week of September to Oct. 31, the town se

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