We can all agree that the national parks in the United States are breathtakingly beautiful and chock-full of opportunities to ...

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That’s Grayson Highlands State Park in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia – the Brigadoon of state parks that somehow manages to ...

First things first: there are wild ponies. Not “we saw them from a distance through binoculars” ponies, but “oh my goodness ...

Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Helene took out a bridge over the Nolichucky River, severing two sections of the ...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains ... (An alternative route takes hikers around a closed section along the North Carolina-Tennessee state line in Mitchell County.) ...

Hiking the Appalachian ... the North Carolina-Tennessee state line in Mitchell County.) Mike Crooks, left, a rafting guide with Wahoo’s Adventures, prepares to ferry Appalachian Trail hikers ...

Last year, legendary thru-hiker Jack “Quadzilla” Jones attempted to hike the AT for a grand. Here’s how he fared—and the ...

Winding its way from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail (also known as the AT) spans 2,190 miles through 14 states. About 323 of those miles are found in North Carolina, including 226.6 miles ...

Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian ... Trail is a 13.5-mile hike along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, North Carolina.