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Explore North Carolina's "basecamp to the Blue Ridge," a small town that offers local crafts, waterfall hikes, water sports, ...
Discover Boone, North Carolina’s scenic trails, rivers, mountain views, and charming downtown in this year-round getaway for outdoor lovers.
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Asheville is bouncing back from Hurricane Helene. This Western North Carolina mountain town is ready for your visit.
As trails and mountain attractions return, North Carolina county hopes visitors follow suit Up here, it’s easy to forget the ravages that Hurricane Helene wrought just eight months ago.
Rather than focusing on one trail, it felt appropriate to summarize my recent hiking experiences into one piece, as I have been on three trails in the region since I last wrote about my trip to ...
A scenic North Carolina mountain has grown in popularity — and filled with trash. Photos show tents and garbage littering Max Patch, an area along the famed Appalachian Trail, the U.S. Forest ...
A heavily eroded half-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail has been on the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club's project list for at least six years.
Despite being nearly wiped off the map by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, tiny Chimney Rock Village in North Carolina had optimistically predicted it would be open for business by Memorial Day.
A report has released the best trails in each state, along the 2,197 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Here is where to hop on the trail in Georgia.
People from Georgia to Maine gathered in Roanoke this week to discuss conserving the natural landscape that surrounds the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.