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Beat the summer heat: just add water
Taking a dip in the Wilson Creek area. When blazing summer temps start rolling in, it’s easy to look at the calendar and say, “Maybe I’ll head back out in...
November Adventure: Go Camping
Last week we established that the weather in November remains ideal for a range of outdoor adventures: with an average daytime high of 62.4, skies that rarely drop rain (November...
Section Hike the MST: 10 Miles on Falls Lake
Looking to launch your own long hike, a section hike on North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail?Here’s one of our favorite MST routes to get your section hike off the ground.Region: PiedmontStart:...
Top 10 Piedmont Triangle Adventures
Creek crossing at Brumley Forest With a little planning and perseverance, we’re guessing you can get in enough adventure so that when outdoor exploits are shared around the office filtered-and-infused-water...
MST at 40: Five great hikes in the Piedmont
Sennett Hole, West Point on the Eno city park As the Mountains-to-Sea Trail celebrates its 40th anniversary, we celebrate the trail by looking at five of our favorite segments in...
5 Fall Hikes that are Well-Kept Secrets (for now)
Mountains-to-Sea Trail along Falls Lake Fall, with its cool air, crisp blue skies, and blossoming color, insists that we hike. And by “we,” we mean “everyone,” from the ardent hiker...
GetHiking! this weekend at Pilot Mountain, GetBackpacking! for fall, GetExploring! on a moon-lit paddle
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
GetExploring! on an evening bike ride in Greenville, GetHiking! at Crowders Mountain
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
In the summertime, these unsung lakes are great for cool paddling
Three rivers area of Falls Lake Not to debate Mungo Jerry, but in the summertime when the weather is high, what you really want to do is grab a paddle...
Piedmont hikes you need to hike NOW
Hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail along Falls Lake May: it’s a transition month for hiking in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It’s warm, but not yet summer warm. The humidity has yet to...
Four hikes close to home on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail
MST along Falls Lake The Mountains-to-Sea Trail — to some, the name may give the false impression that you must travel to either the mountains or the sea to hike...
Spring into Adventure: Early Season Paddle Trips
As part of our March-long Spring Into Adventure series, we look at ways you can take advantage of the longer, warmer days ahead. On March 1, we went in search...
This week in GetHiking! and GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
This Week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
Five spots to find early fall color sneaking into the Piedmont
Bummed because you thought you may have missed the start of full color because of the recent rain? Word on the trail is that you haven’t really missed anything, that...
This week in GetHiking!, GetExploring!
The following items are from our GetExploring! Greenville and GetHiking! Charlotte, Triad and Triangle enewsletters. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email boxes on Mondays. If you’d like...
Cool Fun in the Summertime: Triangle
For 12 straight days in June, the temperature in Raleigh rose to 95 or above. With heat like that, it can be hard to muster the will to get out...
This week in GetHiking! GetExploring!
The following items are gleaned from our GetHiking! enewsletters for Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle, and our GetExploring! Greenville enewsletter. All enewsletters are delivered, upon request, to subscribers’ email...