(Nov. 11, 2016) -- Chimney Rock State Park will closed until further notice to ease traffic congestion in the village Chimney Rock. The park is about a mile away from Lake Lure, where the Party Rock fire has grown to 885 acres from when it broke out Nov. 5. The North Carolina Forest Service asked Park officials to close the, although current forest fires are not affecting Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park.