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Paddle the riffly New River Over the past two weeks we’ve been reminding you that summer is half over, and gently encouraging you to not let the rest of the...

Click here for an interactive version of the map Tradition holds that a ruby makes a nice 40th anniversary gift. Fortunately, the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail don’t stand on...

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...

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 2015, we launched our GetHiking! Classic Hikes program with GetHiking! North Carolina’s Classic Hikes. Over the course of the year we hiked a dozen of North Carolina’s most notable...

Last week when we said, “Yikes, look at the calendar! It’s August 6 a’ready!” it was only August 6. Today, it’s August 12! Yikes! we say again, but with more...

Last week, we told you about the creation earlier this year of the Coastal Crescent Trail, a 320-mile arc designed to bridge the last big gap in the statewide Mountains-to-Sea...

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...

Possibly 13.5 of the easiest miles you’ll find in the Smokies. This lollipop loop heads up Deep Creek, the first mile or so of which is popular with tubers (not...

The Cataloochee Valley sits isolated on the northeast end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, its flat valley floor encircled by ridgeline that gives the feel of an old-time...