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MOUNTAIN BLUE: The Top 24 Lakes in the Blue Ridge Mountains

The votes are in, now it's time to celebrate the Best Mountain Lakes in the Blue Ridge, as selected by our readers.

MOUNTAIN BLUE: Our Readers’ Favorite Waters

Lakes and falls, rivers and swimming holes—we’ve got ‘em all. Plus lots more liquid-based fun.

Science Outside: Fishing for Answers

Reintroduction biologist Meredith Harris works to save endangered species.

Far From the Madding Crowd

When Lake Moomaw opened in 1982 in Virginia’s Alleghany Highlands, 300,000 visitors were forecast to flock to its shores the next year. Today, Moomaw is a solitary, beautiful place with stories to share. If you’re willing to look closely and listen

Next-Gen Beekeeper: Wes Davis Follows the Honeybee Buzz

Education is saving our bees, and here’s one young man’s part in that process.

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Flying high above a gorgeous sunset at Smith Mountain Lake.

MOUNTAIN BLUE: The Top 24 Lakes in the Blue Ridge Mountains

The votes are in, now it's time to celebrate the Best Mountain Lakes in the Blue Ridge, as selected by our readers.
Eagle Falls swimming hole, Kentucky.

MOUNTAIN BLUE: Our Readers’ Favorite Waters

Lakes and falls, rivers and swimming holes—we’ve got ‘em all. Plus lots more liquid-based fun.
Reintroduction biologist Meredith Harris

Science Outside: Fishing for Answers

Reintroduction biologist Meredith Harris works to save endangered species.
What Lake Moomaw offers today is, at least for one writer, “wildness on its own mountain terms.”

Far From the Madding Crowd

When Lake Moomaw opened in 1982 in Virginia’s Alleghany Highlands, 300,000 visitors were forecast to flock to its shores the next year. Today, Moomaw is a solitary, beautiful place with stories to share. If you’re willing to look closely and listen
New beekeeper, Wes Davis, suits up and performs regular maintenance of cleaning and caring for the needs of his hives.

Next-Gen Beekeeper: Wes Davis Follows the Honeybee Buzz

Education is saving our bees, and here’s one young man’s part in that process.
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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
Creature Feature

Monarch Mimickers

It’s easy to mistake other orange species for the king of fall butterflies.

August 26, 2026
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

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