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New 12.5-Mile Trail Links Bristol, Virginia and Mendota, Virginia.

The Mendota Trail has more than a dozen trestles over its 12.5-mile length.

Book Note: A Killing in the Hills

Here’s the best thing about Julia Keller’s “A Killing in the Hills”: After you read it, there are seven more novels waiting in the series.

Along the New River: New Life for 1887 Building

Tiny Foster Falls, Virginia, regains some of its old luster with a new inn.

Richard Wells: The Founder of this Magazine Looks Back

Usually our Mountain Q & A asks multiple questions. For this 35th anniversary issue we’ve asked our founder and publisher just one: Would you tell us about the background, conception and realization of Blue Ridge Country?

Singing in the Garden: Garden Party

"My garden threw a party, the bees by hundreds came. They kissed her so completely that she never was the same." —Ginny Neil

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New 12.5-Mile Trail Links Bristol, Virginia and Mendota, Virginia.

The Mendota Trail has more than a dozen trestles over its 12.5-mile length.
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller. Minotaur Books, 2012. 364pp.

Book Note: A Killing in the Hills

Here’s the best thing about Julia Keller’s “A Killing in the Hills”: After you read it, there are seven more novels waiting in the series.
Resoration of The Inn at Foster Falls is the result of years of research on its original construction to assure true-to-history reconstruction.

Along the New River: New Life for 1887 Building

Tiny Foster Falls, Virginia, regains some of its old luster with a new inn.
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Richard Wells: The Founder of this Magazine Looks Back

Usually our Mountain Q & A asks multiple questions. For this 35th anniversary issue we’ve asked our founder and publisher just one: Would you tell us about the background, conception and realization of Blue Ridge Country?
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Singing in the Garden: Garden Party

"My garden threw a party, the bees by hundreds came. They kissed her so completely that she never was the same." —Ginny Neil
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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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