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Hiking the Neusiok Trail, along the south bank of the Neuse River. For each of our GetHiking! markets, we’ve selected two hikes that are beginner friendly (three miles or so,...

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...

Carolina Thread Trail (photo: carolinathreadtrail.org) During the month of September, our aim is to get you back in a hiking state of mind with fall hiking blog posts every Friday....

The growing abundance of evening sunlight makes us giddy with the prospect for mid-week adventure. Get off work at a decent time, bring your gear and you could be ready...

They are the first sign that the end is near. The end of winter, that is. Mottled green and purple leaves from which a starburst of slender yellow petals explodes....

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...

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...

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...

Looking for a good place to hike in Charlotte or the surrounding area? You don’t have to look far.A great resource about hiking in Charlotte is the Mecklenburg County Park...

The good news for Charlotte hikers? It takes less than an hour and a half to get to the Pisgah National Forest, the gateway to epic southern Appalachian hiking. The...

Say the Benners (see “A Canoeing & Kayaking Guide to the Carolinas” below): “Next to the Nantahala, this section of the Greene is paddled more than any river in North...

Granted, running the same Class I-III water day after day after day could get old after a while, but wouldn’t it be great to have the opportunity to find out?...

Imagine excusing yourself from a meeting gone way too long, going down the hall, down the stairs — then hopping into your playboat for some Class II and III fun?...

Our staff says this this is one of the most remote and scenic sections of the popular Greene River, offering “a lot of excitement and fun for your intermediate kayaker.”...

This is drop-dead gorgeous terrain with killer whitewater. Killer? Poor choice of words, but there are sections of Wilson Creek that are for experts only. Those would include sections A...

Kings Mountain State Park adjoins the Kings Mountain National Military Park and is connected to North Carolina’s Crowder’s Mountain State Park via the 12-mile Ridgeline Trail. A living history farm...

The largest manmade lake in the state at 32,510 acres (with a main channel 34 miles long), Lake Norman attracts a goodly number of motorboats. But because of that size...

Morrow Mountain StatePark offers a full-scale escape in the heart of the ancient Uwharrie Mountain range. There’s good paddling (with boat rentals) on the various waterways bordering the park (Lake...