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Kurt’s Hikes

CURRENT Kurt’s Hikes

Pretty Day on McAfee

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back. 7.6 miles.

Carvins Cove Loop

At Carvins Cove Preserve, a loop using the Horse Pen, Gauntlet, Brushy Mountain and Trough trails. About 7.5 miles

Hikes Catchup: Looking Out on Things at Black Rocks, Audie Murphy and Dragon’s Tooth Overlooks

The Place We Lose Stuff

Flat Top Mountain Trail up and down. 5.6 miles. Well, more like 6.2 with the find-lost-item added distance.

New Trail! Walking to Carvins Cove

Roanoke's Tinker Creek Greenway from near Plantation Road to Carvins Cove boat dock and back. 5 miles.

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Cookie on McAfee Knob, thinking about . . . isn't there any more food?!

Pretty Day on McAfee

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back. 7.6 miles.

Carvins Cove Loop

At Carvins Cove Preserve, a loop using the Horse Pen, Gauntlet, Brushy Mountain and Trough trails. About 7.5 miles
Matthew on the side of the Tooth

Hikes Catchup: Looking Out on Things at Black Rocks, Audie Murphy and Dragon’s Tooth Overlooks

Kurt and Cookie like snow, especially in early November.

The Place We Lose Stuff

Flat Top Mountain Trail up and down. 5.6 miles. Well, more like 6.2 with the find-lost-item added distance.
Carvins Cove was down about six feet at the end of October, 2012.

New Trail! Walking to Carvins Cove

Roanoke's Tinker Creek Greenway from near Plantation Road to Carvins Cove boat dock and back. 5 miles.
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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
Creature Feature

Monarch Mimickers

It’s easy to mistake other orange species for the king of fall butterflies.

August 26, 2026
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

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