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Kurt’s Hikes

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Buzzards at Buzzard Rocks

Read Mountain Trail up and down. 3.8 miles.

This is a Hike!?

Home to a Brambleton landmark and back. 4 miles

How to Have Tinker Cliffs to Yourselves

Andy Lane Trail to Appalachian Trail to Tinker Cliffs and back. 7.2 miles.

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A big ol' buzzard, appropriately enough, on Buzzard Rocks, at the upper terminus of the Read Mountain Trail.

Buzzards at Buzzard Rocks

Read Mountain Trail up and down. 3.8 miles.
New hikin' garb? Nope, these people are gettin' ready to head off the porch to dinner!

This is a Hike!?

Home to a Brambleton landmark and back. 4 miles
Looking out over the Catawba Valley from Tinker Cliffs, behind a man whose shirt got wet from sweat, see, not rain.

How to Have Tinker Cliffs to Yourselves

Andy Lane Trail to Appalachian Trail to Tinker Cliffs and back. 7.2 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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