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Riding The Wind at Lookout Mountain

Summer Intern Sarah Cumming pays a visit to Lookout Mountain Flight Park in Rising Fawn, Ga.

Bushwacking Through Shenandoah History

Some people came to find the murder site. Others wanted to glimpse remnants of the old still, hidden in the woods where mountain men made moonshine. I had never attrelended an organized hike with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club before...

The Smokies You Haven’t Seen

It’s one of those typical days in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My husband and are stuck behind a line of slow-moving cars taking the popular and almost always overcrowded Cades Cove loop tour.

Canoe Camping: Gear Up!

Besides obviously a canoe and dry box or bag and perhaps a rod for fishing and binoculars for birding, what are some essential items for canoe camping the Blue Ridge's rivers during the warm weather period?

Whitetop Mountain Va.: High-Elevation History

Even in August, when the huckleberries bloom along the Appalachian Trail, it seems like Christmas at Whitetop Mountain.

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Lookout Mountain Flight Park

Riding The Wind at Lookout Mountain

Summer Intern Sarah Cumming pays a visit to Lookout Mountain Flight Park in Rising Fawn, Ga.
Dogwood and redbud blooms along the Skyline Drive in spring.

Bushwacking Through Shenandoah History

Some people came to find the murder site. Others wanted to glimpse remnants of the old still, hidden in the woods where mountain men made moonshine. I had never attrelended an organized hike with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club before...
A creek runs along the 10-mile, grave Parson Branch Road.

The Smokies You Haven’t Seen

It’s one of those typical days in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My husband and are stuck behind a line of slow-moving cars taking the popular and almost always overcrowded Cades Cove loop tour.
Canoe camping involves off-water as well as on-water.

Canoe Camping: Gear Up!

Besides obviously a canoe and dry box or bag and perhaps a rod for fishing and binoculars for birding, what are some essential items for canoe camping the Blue Ridge's rivers during the warm weather period?
The Appalachian Trail on Whitetop Mountain.

Whitetop Mountain Va.: High-Elevation History

Even in August, when the huckleberries bloom along the Appalachian Trail, it seems like Christmas at Whitetop Mountain.
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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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