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"Summit Lake is at 3,400’ in elevation and the Cranberry Glades Wilderness surround it to create a great place to shoot a springtime Milky Way panorama. North is to left, east at the center and the southern sky is on the right." —Dave Green

Twist of Fate

A surprise temporary assignment ignited a West Virginia coal miner’s passion for photographing night skies and other wonders.
Connie Deegan on her love of snakes: “I just find them beautiful and important and fascinating.”

Champion of Snakes

Connie Deegan helps Johnson City, Tennessee, residents appreciate nature in all its forms.
The Whitetop Mountain Band appears at several Crooked Road events this summer.

Crooked Road Celebrates 20 Years

The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail turns 20 this year with celebrations continuing across southwest Virginia.
Table Rock Lake tops the voting for South Carolina.

Top Water Spots in the Mountains

Who better to choose the best lakes, rivers, waterfalls, fishing spots and so much more than the readers of Blue Ridge Country magazine? Nobody! Time to get outside and get wet.
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The Mountain Q&A – Sandra Marra: Protecting a 2,220-Mile, 100-Year Gem

Sandra Marra is president and CEO of the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy, overseeing the world’s longest hiking-only footpath—the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine.

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