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Social Distancing Yourself at Your Favorite Places
Hiking in solitude So your favorite trails remain open, and who doesn’t appreciate the fact that a hike, now more than ever, will do you a world of good. Still,...
November Adventure: Hit the deserted trails
Paddling. Camping. And, of course, hiking. All the things that November is ideal for. We’ve covered the first two in previous posts: paddling here, camping here. Today, we make our...
Section Hike the MST: The Greensboro Watershed Lakes
This fall, in conjunction with GetGoingNC and our joint GetBackpacking! program, we’ve been sponsoring a series of Pints & Paths nights. We share a brew, then a hiker with experience...
Section Hike the MST: The Neusiok Trail | Croatan National Forest
Looking to launch your Section Hike on North Carolina’s longest trail, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail? Check out this suggested hike to get your section hike off the ground.Region: CoastStart: Pine Cliff...
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:...
Section hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, with Jerry Barker
Jerry Barker, right, discusses the trail with a fan before his Pints & Paths presentation. As a part of our Pints & Paths programs with GetGoingNC.com, Jerry Barker came to...
10 Questions with Jennifer Pharr Davis
Jen on a picture-perfect mountain day Since August 15, Jennifer Pharr Davis has been hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in an effort to raise awareness — and money — for our...
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail gets hiked in a day
MST in a Day, at the Bentonville Battlefield The American Hiking Society had never heard of one of the nation’s long trails being hiked in its entirety in one day....
Top 10 Secret Summer Adventures: Mountains
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...
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...
Top 10 Adventures at the NC Coast
Here are 10 coastal adventures that not everyone knows about. Up, up and away, at Jockey’s Ridge (photo: visiting.com) Now get out your calendar and start planning. (Note: fees apply...
GetHiking! Resource Page: Where to Hike
A well-marked MST through Holly Shelter Game Land Hiking is like craft beer: it’s all good, it’s just that sometimes you have a hankerin’ for a particular kind of trail....
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...
MST at 40: Five Favorite Coastal Hikes
The MST through Jones Lake State Park For the Mountains-to-Sea Trail’ 40th anniversary, we celebrated the trail by looking at five of our favorite segments at the Coast. We focus...
Mountains-To-Sea: 5 of our favorite mountain hikes
Graveyard Fields As the Mountains-to-Sea Trail celebrates its 45th anniversary, we celebrate the trail by looking at five of our favorite segments in the mountains. We start with the mountains...
MST’s 40th Anniversary: Mark Your Calendars
Got your calendar handy? Good. The Mountains-to-Sea Trail is celebrating 40 years of existence and the Friends of the MST have quite a year of celebrating on tap. March 24...
Happy 40th, Mountains-to-Sea Trail!
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...
5 Hikes to Catch a First Glimpse of Fall
Summit Trail, Elk Knob State Park (photo courtesy NC State Parks) You’re fed up with the summer heat. With the tease (last week) of cooler, fall-like air only to be...