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The Top 61 Happiest Mountain Towns in the Blue Ridge
Our quest to have our readers select the happiest towns in the mountains began with a set of criteria applied
April 2, 2026
nature
Is the red mulberry the last spring flora to produce fruit or the first summer one?
Mountains, caves, falls and other formations of nature create the lure. We have the added attractions, eats and sleeps as well. And, for each state, a softer wonder—a great wildflower walk.
Come springtime, the forest explodes with new life. Our contributing photographers have the beautiful, charming and sometimes surprising pictorial evidence.
Blue Hole Falls is a series of four beautiful waterfalls that flow into one another tucked away in the Elizabethton, Tennessee section of the Cherokee National Forest.
The brown cup mushroom is an important harbinger of spring.
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