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Country Roads: Georgia’s Camp Dixie Celebrates 100th

On a typical Tuesday afternoon in the summertime, a gaggle of girls giggle among the rocks and rhododendron of Camp Dixie. Some swim and some paddle canoes, just as generations of other campers have done at this 350-acre Georgia Mountain oasis.

The Hike: Monocacy National Battlefield

This easy walk amid the history of 150 years ago also includes a ridge-line oak-hickory forest.

Creature Feature: Where Are the Honeybees?

The insect that has a role in so many aspects of our food supply has only half the population it did in the 1940s.

Mountain Report: Deer Return to Cherokee Lands

The white-tail, a part of Indian life for centuries, had been hunted to near-extinction in western North Carolina.

From the Editor: Wilderness!

As the act that created our mountain wild places celebrates its 50th anniversary, it’s time to explore one.

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Campers of all ages are welcome at Georgia’s Camp Dixie.

Country Roads: Georgia’s Camp Dixie Celebrates 100th

On a typical Tuesday afternoon in the summertime, a gaggle of girls giggle among the rocks and rhododendron of Camp Dixie. Some swim and some paddle canoes, just as generations of other campers have done at this 350-acre Georgia Mountain oasis.
The Worthington House was built in 1851 and remained in the family until 1953. It was used as a field hospital during the Civil War.

The Hike: Monocacy National Battlefield

This easy walk amid the history of 150 years ago also includes a ridge-line oak-hickory forest.
Honeybee

Creature Feature: Where Are the Honeybees?

The insect that has a role in so many aspects of our food supply has only half the population it did in the 1940s.
Out-of-control deer populations are threatening rare plant species in Virginia; parkway staff are implementing exclosures to protect plants. Photo by Joanna Pecha.

Mountain Report: Deer Return to Cherokee Lands

The white-tail, a part of Indian life for centuries, had been hunted to near-extinction in western North Carolina.
The Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness provides a sampler of the ruggedness and the views.

From the Editor: Wilderness!

As the act that created our mountain wild places celebrates its 50th anniversary, it’s time to explore one.
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