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Covered Bridge Locations

Overnighters and Day Hikers

Apple Orchard Falls-AT-Cornelius Creek trails loop. 7.2; Cornelius Creek Trail to Forest Road and back. 4.6

She’s Friendly. And She’s Tired

Appalachian Trail to McAfee Knob and back (FR on the way down) 7.8 miles

Cave in to Adventure: Rappelling into Valhalla Cave

Take a trip to the bottom of Valhalla Cave, located in Jackson County, Alabama.

Getting Out the Umbrellas

Sharp Top Mountain ascent and descent; Harkening Hill partial ascent and descent. About 5 miles

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Covered Bridge Locations

Eric, Matthew and Aden at lunch stop just above Apple Orchard Falls.

Overnighters and Day Hikers

Apple Orchard Falls-AT-Cornelius Creek trails loop. 7.2; Cornelius Creek Trail to Forest Road and back. 4.6
Kurt, Gail, Cookie and a lot of other beings on McAfee Knob, September 9, 2013.

She’s Friendly. And She’s Tired

Appalachian Trail to McAfee Knob and back (FR on the way down) 7.8 miles

Cave in to Adventure: Rappelling into Valhalla Cave

Take a trip to the bottom of Valhalla Cave, located in Jackson County, Alabama.
Looking out over Abbott Lake onto Sharp Top from inside the Peaks of Otter Lodge Restaurant.

Getting Out the Umbrellas

Sharp Top Mountain ascent and descent; Harkening Hill partial ascent and descent. About 5 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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