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Saving our Chapel Hill store from Florence (and product testing to boot)
The inside of the Chapel Hill store is nearly cleared of merchandise after the store was flooded. Chad Pickens, manager of our Chapel Hill shop, managed to carve time from...
Add a hike to your Thanksgiving celebration Check out these 10 trails close to home
Turkey, football — face it, what you need to make Thanksgiving Day truly complete is brisk hike. And frankly, the conditions couldn’t be better this Thanksgiving Day for an hour...
A taste of North Carolina adventure
In North Carolina, we’ve got more ways to entertain in the outdoors than just about any place in the land. Today, we offer 10 can’t-miss outdoor options that are somewhat...
A Walk in the Woods, part II: Great trails for beginning hikers
So you read our post last week about launching your hiking career — if you didn’t, hit pause and go here, then come back — and were intrigued. You’ve let...
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...
North Carolina: hiker’s heaven
As part of our GetHiking! program, which we introduced last week and will launch Sept. 12, we’re spending August extolling the virtues of hiking in North Carolina. Today, a look...
Deep River, Section 5
The Deep’s name is deceptive: it refers not to the depth of the river but rather, it’s believed, to the steep banks found along much of the river. Thus, the...
Eno River, Section 2
For a Piedmont river, the Eno is surprisingly montane, especially it’s upper reaches above West Point on the Eno city park in Durham. This stretch, which runs just east of...
Flat River, Section 3
Because of its small watershed, the Flat can usually be run only in the immediate aftermath of a good rain. But when it is runnable, long-timers say this is a...
Haw River, Section 8
The most popular whitewater run in the Triangle and the go-to place for intro classes. The stretch is popular for several reasons. For one, when water levels in the region...
Haw River, Section 10
Look downstream as you pass over the US 64 bridge, even in the driest of times, and you’ll have no trouble seeing why this is the place the Triangle’s experienced...
Cedarock Park
Cedarock Park offers a mini-weekend escape between the Triad and Triangle. Pitch your tent, then check out the several miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, paddle on Rock Creek...
Jordan Lake Parker's Creek Campground
Parker’s Creek It’s not the biggest campground at Jordan Lake (that would be Poplar Point, with 579 campsites), it doesn’t have the greatest concentration of sites with hookups (that would...
Cedarock Park
Cedarock Park offers a mini-weekend escape between the Triad and Triangle. Pitch your tent, then check out the several miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, paddle on Rock Creek...
Spirit Island
on the Haw River If you’re really looking to get away from people, try Spirit Island. For one, you need a canoe or kayak to get there. Either put in-at...
Eno River Piper Creek Campground
PIPER CREEK CAMPGROUND / COLE MILL ACCESS PARK It takes a little effort to get to this campground — it’s 1.2 miles on the Bobbitt Hole Trail from the Cole...
Chapel Hill Camping Trips
Cedarock Park Eno River SP: Piper Creek Campground Jordan Lake SRA: Parker’s Creek Mayo Park Spirit Island on the Haw River