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Shadows on the Mill Mountain Loop Road.

Hikes for the Holidays, 2019

Two Local Classics
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The Place to Ourselves

HIke: December 14, 2019: Tinker Creek Greenway to Carvins Cove and back. 4.8 miles
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Pickled Turnips

Strong is good!
11/1/19: The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All and her pretty-good-hiker dog, Cookie, chill beside Carvins Cove.

Kurt’s Hikes: November 2019

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Departments

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.

©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.

Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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