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Kurt’s Hikes

CURRENT Kurt’s Hikes

The Saturday of Dan and Fred

Pinnacles of Dan up and back (?). About 5 miles.

Drizzle to Downpour

Cornelius Creek Trail to Appalachian Trail to Cornelius Creek Shelter and back. 9.2 miles.

Photographic Trail Magic

Henry Lanum and Mount Pleasant Trails loop. 7.2 miles.

A Roanoke-Convenient Blue Ridge Parkway Hike

From Blue Ridge Parkway at FR 191 (Salt Pond Road) to Appalachian Trail north to Wilson Creek and back. 7.6 miles.

A Hike for Four: McAfee and Catawba

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back down, using the forest road from about 2 miles out. About 7 miles.

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Left: It's not often they put in a giant pipe to show you where the trail goes. Right: Fred Eaglesmith: The Greatest Hardly Known Songwriter in North America, And Very Nearly of All.

The Saturday of Dan and Fred

Pinnacles of Dan up and back (?). About 5 miles.
Very tough, still-smilin' Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All enduring drilling rain.

Drizzle to Downpour

Cornelius Creek Trail to Appalachian Trail to Cornelius Creek Shelter and back. 9.2 miles.
View from western side of Mount Pleasant.

Photographic Trail Magic

Henry Lanum and Mount Pleasant Trails loop. 7.2 miles.
Kurt and Gail Rheinheimer

A Roanoke-Convenient Blue Ridge Parkway Hike

From Blue Ridge Parkway at FR 191 (Salt Pond Road) to Appalachian Trail north to Wilson Creek and back. 7.6 miles.
David, Gail and Adam on McAfee Knob, May 16, 2010.

A Hike for Four: McAfee and Catawba

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back down, using the forest road from about 2 miles out. About 7 miles.
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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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