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Grassy Hill: Easy Miles Near Rocky Mount, Va.

These trails, just off of U.S. 220 at Rocky Mount, Va., are as easy and enjoyable as any around Roanoke.

Most Popular Hiking Day of the Year?

I suppose if you head out to perhaps the most popular trail section around Roanoke on a perfect fall day, you ought to expect to have to get lucky to find a parking place where Va.

Drafting The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All

Maybe it was the perfect day for hiking. Maybe it was that, especially on hikes that involve a fairly long drive, Gail worries about leaving her (still-recovering) dog home alone. Maybe it's just what it is.

Walking with a Colorado 14er

We were pleased to show this hike to Dan Dennison of Roanoke's WDBJ7 TV station, who carried a seriously heavy camera and tripod up and down the eight-mile trek, gathering footage for a coming Trail Story feature.

Weekday-Visitor Geezer Troublemaker Sighted at Virginia State Park

"Access to False Cape State Park is only by foot, bicycle or boat," says the ranger at the entrance of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, echoing the words of the state park brochure.

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The Day Hiker, ahead as always, on one of the trails of the Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve.

Grassy Hill: Easy Miles Near Rocky Mount, Va.

These trails, just off of U.S. 220 at Rocky Mount, Va., are as easy and enjoyable as any around Roanoke.
Part of the crowd on McAfee Knob on a pretty Sunday.

Most Popular Hiking Day of the Year?

I suppose if you head out to perhaps the most popular trail section around Roanoke on a perfect fall day, you ought to expect to have to get lucky to find a parking place where Va.
Six miles in to a seven-miler, The Day Hiker pauses, daisy-fresh, atop Cold Mountain.

Drafting The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All

Maybe it was the perfect day for hiking. Maybe it was that, especially on hikes that involve a fairly long drive, Gail worries about leaving her (still-recovering) dog home alone. Maybe it's just what it is.
Channel 7's Dan Dennison shoots the Cascades.

Walking with a Colorado 14er

We were pleased to show this hike to Dan Dennison of Roanoke's WDBJ7 TV station, who carried a seriously heavy camera and tripod up and down the eight-mile trek, gathering footage for a coming Trail Story feature.
Fiddler crab poses, albeit a little unhappily) for us on the boardwalk from the beach back into Back Bay Wildlife Refuge, wherein he (that right claw is coming right along, young fella), was pretty much the only wildlife we saw.

Weekday-Visitor Geezer Troublemaker Sighted at Virginia State Park

"Access to False Cape State Park is only by foot, bicycle or boat," says the ranger at the entrance of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, echoing the words of the state park brochure.
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Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

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A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

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The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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