Montreat, just minutes from downtown Black Mountain, features a network of trails including the popular Lookout Trail, which rewards the uphill effort with panoramic views that somehow make you forget ...

Once, there were very different plans for this mountain land — one of the largest swaths of private forestland remaining in ...

Now, the full 2,669 acres is protected—over half of it as the Town of Lake Lure’s Buffalo Creek Park and the rest as the Joel Ridge Nature Preserve, owned by Conserving Carolina.

In Western North Carolina ... Asheville called it an idyllic and flat hike, with a “remarkable variety of flora and fauna in ...

THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE HEALING QUALITIES OF MOTHER NATURE. AMONGST THE TREES IN THE WOODS, GOING AS FAST AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN DOWNHILL FOR THESE MOUNTAIN BIKERS, THE HEALING IS BOTH ...

Outside’s national parks columnist braved America’s busiest national park before a coalition of local governments and ...

I want you to feel guilt," Maddie Barondeau told transportation leaders, citing the number of cyclists killed on ...

Pack your car, prepare your playlist, wind down the windows, and rev up your muscle car, as a road trip across the USA is the most iconic way to explore the country. You’ve probably heard […] ...

Every October, fuzzy caterpillars "race" up strings to predict the winter ahead during the quirky Woolly Worm Festival. Whether you drive to the top or hike the trails, Grandfather Mountain is a ...

713 ON YOUR SATURDAY MORNING AND WE’VE GOT STORIES FROM THE BLUE SKIES TO THE BLUE OCEANS THIS MORNING. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE TOP HEADLINES WE’RE TRACKING AROUND THE TAR HEEL STATE THIS MORNING.

One year after Tropical Storm Helene devastated the Western North Carolina region, a popular publication named Asheville 2025's the "nicest place in America." Reader's Digest publishes ideas, stories ...

Jennifer Prince has covered weddings and travel since 2010. Her work appears on Southern Living, T+L, NatGeo, Zola, Apartment Therapy, and others. It seems like an oxymoron that Eastern America's ...