North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway features several long hikes that reward endurance with sweeping mountain views, dense ...

ASHEVILLE - Summer has arrived to the tune of climbing temperatures and swelling humidity, but more can be done to beat the heat than hunkering down with already-straining air conditioning on blast.

Nestled within the Appalachian Mountains is North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, which offers a scenic trail through a ...

Since Sugar Mountain is located high in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, it’s a great base camp for the best hiking to panoramic scenery, lush woodlands and waterfalls. Our mile-high ...

Fall colors are beginning to peak in areas of Western North Carolina this week, and according to several area experts, the leaves will be showing off their true colors very soon, making this week and ...

I grew up picnicking up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway, north and south of Asheville. In our family’s wood-paneled station wagon, my father at the helm, we sailed the sinuous path of the parkway, ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Rising West Henderson High School senior Jenna Watson said her childhood was filled with "happy memories surrounding nature," and now she wants to use her love of the Western North ...