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New App is Your Guide to Beautiful Waterfalls in and Around Asheville, N.C.

Asheville, N.C. based software developer FlickinAmazing Inc. recently launched a GPS enabled guidebook for iPhone and iPad called “The Waterfalls of Western North Carolina.” Check out our first impressions here!

Great Outdoors: My First 10K

Caroline runs her first 10K on the Green Bank Turkey Trot Inaugural Trail.

Great Outdoors: Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail

Our associate art director Caroline takes us on a tour of her newly discovered trail on Roanoke Mountain.

Recipe Board: Chai Brownie Cupcakes

Our newest recipe is for unique chai brownie cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

WIN a Christmas Tree from Blue Ridge Country!

Find out how to enter our contest and win a Christmas tree from Boyd Mountain Christmas Tree Farm!

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This new App from FlickinAmazing, Inc. is a handy guide to more than 50 Asheville-area waterfalls.

New App is Your Guide to Beautiful Waterfalls in and Around Asheville, N.C.

Asheville, N.C. based software developer FlickinAmazing Inc. recently launched a GPS enabled guidebook for iPhone and iPad called “The Waterfalls of Western North Carolina.” Check out our first impressions here!
Green Bank Telescope

Great Outdoors: My First 10K

Caroline runs her first 10K on the Green Bank Turkey Trot Inaugural Trail.
Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail

Great Outdoors: Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail

Our associate art director Caroline takes us on a tour of her newly discovered trail on Roanoke Mountain.
Chai Brownie cupcake with cream cheese frosting!

Recipe Board: Chai Brownie Cupcakes

Our newest recipe is for unique chai brownie cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
Christmas Tree Contest

WIN a Christmas Tree from Blue Ridge Country!

Find out how to enter our contest and win a Christmas tree from Boyd Mountain Christmas Tree Farm!
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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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