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Country Roads: New Forest Tower at 4,200 Feet

High Knob Tower rises on a peak above Norton, Virginia with an elevation on the deck of about 4,233 feet above sea level.

Country Roads: See the Otters at the Tennessee Aquarium’s Revamped Cove Forest Exhibit

Three river otters scamper in and out of their rocky den, nipping at each other’s cinnamon-colored fur. Soon, a tangle of tails, whiskers and paws is sliding on the slick rock as the playful mammals tussle like puppies and plop into a pool.

Book Review: “The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery,”

When a late frost kills that first, large grapevine bud in the spring, the second bud may in part redeem that season’s growth.

Country Roads: The Crack, the Counters, the Leaves No One Saw and the Golden Gate Bridge

It became official just about the time this magazine went to press: The Blue Ridge Parkway, long touted as the most-visited unit in the National Park system, lost its crown in 2013 – to San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Country Roads: Science, Scenery and Cycling

“Otherworldly” is how cyclists describe the scenery at West Virginia’s Space Race Rumpus cycling festival June 13-16.

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High Knob Tower rises on a peak above Norton, Virginia with an elevation on the deck of about 4,233 feet above sea level.

Country Roads: New Forest Tower at 4,200 Feet

High Knob Tower rises on a peak above Norton, Virginia with an elevation on the deck of about 4,233 feet above sea level.

Country Roads: See the Otters at the Tennessee Aquarium’s Revamped Cove Forest Exhibit

Three river otters scamper in and out of their rocky den, nipping at each other’s cinnamon-colored fur. Soon, a tangle of tails, whiskers and paws is sliding on the slick rock as the playful mammals tussle like puppies and plop into a pool.
The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery,”

Book Review: “The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery,”

When a late frost kills that first, large grapevine bud in the spring, the second bud may in part redeem that season’s growth.
Blue Ridge Parkway

Country Roads: The Crack, the Counters, the Leaves No One Saw and the Golden Gate Bridge

It became official just about the time this magazine went to press: The Blue Ridge Parkway, long touted as the most-visited unit in the National Park system, lost its crown in 2013 – to San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Taller than the Giza Pyramid, Green Bank Telescope serves as a landmark for Rumpus rides, and a focus for the science side of the weekend of races, rides, skill-building, music, local brews and starry science.

Country Roads: Science, Scenery and Cycling

“Otherworldly” is how cyclists describe the scenery at West Virginia’s Space Race Rumpus cycling festival June 13-16.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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