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Blue Ridge Discovery Center Inspires Appreciation for Mount Rogers Area
Cade Campbell, left, shows a ringneck snake to Lisa Banish and Aaron Floyd. Cade Campbell walks across the yard holding a ringneck snake he discovered a few moments earlier in...

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...

It’s spring (really!): Take a mountain hike
Doughton Park Whether you’re a hiker who hibernates over the winter or a year-round hiker who loves layering, spring is when we all get itchin’ for a mountain hike. To...

10 hikes that are all about fall
Fall. It is the time to hike in the Southeast. And here are the 10 hikes you should definitely take before autumn goes away. The Black Mountains near Mount Mitchell...

Top 10 Secret Adventures: Virginia
New River Trail (photo: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy) 1. Devil’s Marbleyard, James Face Wilderness west of Lynchburg. Hiking. This is just the weirdest thing, to be hiking in the lush Blue Ridge...

New, for 2016: GetHiking! The Southeast's Classic Hikes
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...

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...