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7 Fall Leaf-Color Stops

With surprises ranging from ghosts and spirits to delicious dining destinations and more, each stop is pure pleasure.

Can The Hemlocks Be Saved?

The prospects for one of the mountains’ most beautiful trees look better than they did a decade back.

Fountain Of Youth: A.T. Thru-Hiker Brings the Spirit

Kayla Carter is a role model for recruiting young people to outdoor pursuits.

Photo Essay: A Celebration of Covered Bridges

Echoes from earlier times commingle with soft fall light to create the romance of the covered bridge.

John Fox, Jr. – The Mountains Were His Muse

Friend of Theodore Roosevelt, husband of opera diva – to the extent there was national fame back in the early 1900s, “Lonesome Pine” author John Fox, Jr. had it.

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This view of the formation is only one of the lures of North Carolina’s Chimney Rock State Park and the village below.

7 Fall Leaf-Color Stops

With surprises ranging from ghosts and spirits to delicious dining destinations and more, each stop is pure pleasure.
Virginia Tech’s Tom McAvoy and Carrie Jubb examining hemlocks at the university’s Kentland Farm test forest.

Can The Hemlocks Be Saved?

The prospects for one of the mountains’ most beautiful trees look better than they did a decade back.
Noah Naseri and Kayla Carter pause at the Virginia/Tennessee line during their Appalachian Trail hike.

Fountain Of Youth: A.T. Thru-Hiker Brings the Spirit

Kayla Carter is a role model for recruiting young people to outdoor pursuits.
The iconic red wooden covered bridge at Granny’s Squirrel, North Carolina, connects the Cherokee County towns of Murphy and Andrews. Tiny Granny’s Squirrel takes its name from one of the Cherokee Indian women who lived in the area.

Photo Essay: A Celebration of Covered Bridges

Echoes from earlier times commingle with soft fall light to create the romance of the covered bridge.
John Fox, Jr.

John Fox, Jr. – The Mountains Were His Muse

Friend of Theodore Roosevelt, husband of opera diva – to the extent there was national fame back in the early 1900s, “Lonesome Pine” author John Fox, Jr. had it.
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