Note: Due to trail damage from Hurricane Helene, please be sure to visit the Appalachian Trail website and the Virginia Creeper Trail website for the latest status updates before planning your outdoor adventures in Southwest Virginia. The Appalachian Trail courses 550 miles amidst Virginia’s…
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Note: Due to trail damage from Hurricane Helene, please be sure to visit the Appalachian Trail website and the Virginia Creeper Trail website for the latest status updates before planning your outdoor adventures in Southwest Virginia. Virginia boasts a full quarter of the 2,135-mile Appalachian…
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With a sky full of bright stars overhead and the soothing sounds of crickets chirping, the experience of camping connects you to nature in a way that is hard to describe. A rough, more primitive campground can teach you survival basics necessary to live off the surrounding landscape, but even the…
Read MoreJohn Muir said it best when in 1863 he wrote to his sister: "The mountains are calling and I must go ..." Perhaps you've experienced the feeling? Some of us simply long for the view of the mountains while others want to conquer it on two feet. Either way, there are 11 Virginia State Parks that you…
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Note: Due to trail damage from Hurricane Helene, please be sure to visit the Appalachian Trail website and the Virginia Creeper Trail website for the latest status updates before planning your outdoor adventures in Southwest Virginia. Perfect peaks for photography, proposals, or maybe picnics…
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There is no better way to get back to nature than to pitch a tent and take on the wilderness. You’ll find hundreds of camping facilities around the state, but how about taking a trip to some tent-only campgrounds? Or better yet, campgrounds that have no vehicular access? They’re worth the…
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