Blue Ridge Living Blogs
In Carvins Cove Natural Area from Bennett Springs parking area: Hi Dee Ho Trail to Brushy Mountain Trail to Four Gorge Trail to Hi Dee Ho Trail loop. About 7.5 miles.
We decided the first day of muzzleloader season was a good one to walk where no one hunts. And on a perfect weather day for hiking, we started out on trails we've done many times, and then built a loop with two legs we hadn't ever explored.
Dragon's Tooth Trail to Appalachian Trail to Boy Scout Trail to Dragon's Tooth Trail loop. About 3.5 miles.
With a gimpy dog in tow and the neighborhood Halloween block party to get back to, we weenied out on one of the shortest hikes we ever do. Stil...
Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve trails. 6.6. miles.
Who knew that just down U.S. 220 from Roanoke and seven-tenths of a mile in toward Rocky Mount on 220 Business lurked 6.6 new-to-us miles of hiking. The Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve , dedicated in...
For 22 years, they have poured their hearts into the music and the mountain.
And, if all told, they have been toasted by a ton of beer.
Appalachian Trail from U.S. 220 at Daleville south to "Hey" Rock overlook of Carvins Cove and back. About 5.6 miles.
On a beautiful fall day we set out with friends Tom and Beth for this old-favorite ascent to an old-favorite spot looking down on Carvi...
Appalachian Trail from U.S. 11 in Troutville to Fullhardt Knob Shelter and back. 7 miles
The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All's greatest annual transition is from the seemingly unending warmth of summer to that first fall day when… "it's cooold!"
We've covered a lot of ground in the last few days, my husband and I. Three mornings ago we left Roanoke, Va., where the fall is just beginning to announce itself in spills of leaves on the roads in our neighborhood, the sharp shadows on the mountain...
Floyd, Va. is a musicians' town. Not in the same way Nashville is, or New York City, or Vienna, Austria, but in a quiet, neighborly sort of way, in my experience.
Appalachian Trail from U.S. 220 in Daleville to Hay Rock and back. 8 miles.
This familiar ol' hike had a mild surprise or two in it, beginning with a short re-routing of the AT since the last time we were there: Soon after the start, on the way down t...
The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
See Kurt's Hikes Blog.
