Grandfather Mountain | Jul 24, 2025

Experience the Magic of Grandfather Mountain and Our State’s Ramblin Man

Join Our State and the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation for an evening with T. Edward Nickens.

Join Our State and the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation for an evening with T. Edward Nickens, The New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist of Our State’s monthly column Ramblin’ Man.

Nickens literary works also include The Last Wild Road, a collection of essays and stories from Field & Stream magazine, The Total Camping Manual and five other titles in the Total Outdoorsman series, including The New York Times best-selling The Total Outdoorsman Manual.

Grandfather Mountain’s speaker series, Grandfather Presents, spotlights individuals dedicated to exploration, nature, and conservation. The event also includes a “night at the museum,” and book signing session with Nickens.

 


Event Details:


Thursday, July 24 • 5 p.m.–8 p.m.

5–5:30 p.m. • VIP Reception
5:45–6:45 p.m. • Program Begins
7–8 p.m. • Meet & Greet/Book Signing

Grandfather Mountain’s Wilson Center for Nature Discovery
1104 Grandfather Mountain Entrance
Linville, NC 28646

 

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Registration Information:


Tickets on sale online May 19. To learn more about the Grandfather Presents speaker series, visit grandfather.com/grandfather-presents.