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Great, New-to-Us, Snake-Free Hike!

Wildcat, Riprap, Appalachian Trail loop from Skyline Drive MP 92.1 (Wildcat Ridge parking area)

Your Top 15 Waterfall Photos!

We ran a contest for reader photos to be published in our May/June 2013 issue. Here are the top 15 from our submissions, voted on by our Facebook fans!

March up Mill Mountain; March around Mill Mountain

Hikes: March 9, 2013 (Star, Woodthrush, Ridgeline trails loop on Mill Mountain. About 4 miles); March 16, 2013 (Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail till it rained. About 4 miles)

Warming up in the Cold on Poor Mountain

Trails of Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve. 3.8 miles.

The Joys of McAfee

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back. 7.4 miles.

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Parts of the trail were freeeezy.

Great, New-to-Us, Snake-Free Hike!

Wildcat, Riprap, Appalachian Trail loop from Skyline Drive MP 92.1 (Wildcat Ridge parking area)
The winning photo for our May/June 2013 waterfall photo contest: Autumn at Dry Falls by Dave Allen

Your Top 15 Waterfall Photos!

We ran a contest for reader photos to be published in our May/June 2013 issue. Here are the top 15 from our submissions, voted on by our Facebook fans!

March up Mill Mountain; March around Mill Mountain

Hikes: March 9, 2013 (Star, Woodthrush, Ridgeline trails loop on Mill Mountain. About 4 miles); March 16, 2013 (Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail till it rained. About 4 miles)
Small falls, old man, black dog in the cold in Poor Mountain Reserve, 3/3/13.

Warming up in the Cold on Poor Mountain

Trails of Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve. 3.8 miles.
Kurt, Gail and Cookie on McAfee Knob, with the Peaks of Otter behind them on the horizon, 2/24/13; 9 years and one week into the hiking oddity.

The Joys of McAfee

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back. 7.4 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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