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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...
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...
SOS! Save Our Summer, with a Piedmont water hike near you
Hanging Rock State Park’s 12-acre lake Noooooooo! August? Already!? It can’t be! My summer hasn’t even started … Alas, the calendar does not lie. And yes, while in the meteorological...
Spring Into Adventure: First Responder Wildflower Hikes
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....
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...
Fall paddling: better color, better quiet
When we think of fall, we think of fall color, we think of hiking. Which is curious, because when we’re looking for great color, we tend to look for it...
Five spots to find early fall color sneaking into the Piedmont
Bummed because you thought you may have missed the start of full color because of the recent rain? Word on the trail is that you haven’t really missed anything, that...
Save Your Summer! Part I: Take a Hike
Yikes, look at the calendar! It’s August 6 a’ready! Where did the summer go? Easy there, adventurous friends. We may be down to the last month before Labor Day and...
Cool Fun in the Summertime: Triad
Look at an appropriately named fever chart of temperatures in the Triad for June and you’ll see the actual high eclipsing the normal high on 21 of 30 days. You’re...
It's Mountains-to-Sea Trail Month! Celebrate with a hike at the Coast, Piedmont, Mountains
This month, our three GetHiking! groups — in Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle — are celebrating Mountains-to-Sea Trail Month by hiking the MST. That’s 17 hikes in all, covering...