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The Mountain Q&A – Tim Kelly: Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mayor since 2021, Kelly led Chattanooga in becoming North America’s first National Park City in 2025 and a global destination. He calls his hometown “a city inside a park.”

July/August Skywatch: Where the Action is

July, August and September are the months that stargazers love most for the simple reason that there is so much to investigate.

Gifts of the Land: Boys a-Berrying in Botetourt

The simple act of berry picking can embody many other pieces of the outdoors.

Singing in the Garden: Telling the Truth

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." ーMark Twain

From the Editor: Saluting Stanley Abbott

He created the first park of its kind.

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Chattanooga Mayor, Tim Kelly

The Mountain Q&A – Tim Kelly: Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mayor since 2021, Kelly led Chattanooga in becoming North America’s first National Park City in 2025 and a global destination. He calls his hometown “a city inside a park.”
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July/August Skywatch: Where the Action is

July, August and September are the months that stargazers love most for the simple reason that there is so much to investigate.
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Gifts of the Land: Boys a-Berrying in Botetourt

The simple act of berry picking can embody many other pieces of the outdoors.
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Singing in the Garden: Telling the Truth

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." ーMark Twain
Stanley Abbott

From the Editor: Saluting Stanley Abbott

He created the first park of its kind.
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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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