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Shining Rock

Haywood, NC · Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

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Acres Burned

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Days Burning

Nov 1, 2026

Discovered

1h ago

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Shining Rock Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / NC

0.8 mi

N

Middle Prong Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / NC

4.7 mi

SW

Pisgah National Game Refuge

Check first

NCA / NC

4.9 mi

E

Ellicott Rock Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NC

27.9 mi

SW

Great Smoky Mountains National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / NC

34.5 mi

NW

Cherokee National Forest

Go

National Forest / TN

35.7 mi

NW

Pisgah National Forest

Go

National Forest / NC

36.2 mi

NE

Nantahala National Forest

Go

National Forest / NC

43.7 mi

W

Southern Nantahala Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NC

44.6 mi

SW

Sampson Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / TN

53.7 mi

N

Nantahala Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / NC

56.9 mi

SW

Tray Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / GA

58.8 mi

SW

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Seasonal road closures

Heintooga Ridge Road closes for the season at sunset on 10/31.

Official notice

Park Closure / Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cherokee Orchard Road closed to pedestrian traffic

Cherokee Orchard Road is currently closed to pedestrian traffic due to bear activity. All visitors must stay in their vehicles. Do not stop or park your vehicle in the roadway.

Park Closure / Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Park Headquarters Road is closed

Park Headquarters Road is closed due to rehabilitation work on the Sugarlands water and wastewater systems.

Timeline

Nov 1Now

0 days since discovery

Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 9e71aa94-72e2-44c4-b9f3-9a8ca0b21c44

Important

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