Appalachian Mountain Dreams

Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park About the Author Randy Johnson is a widely published authority on the Appalachian outdoors. He’s the author of the bestselling guidebooks Hiking North Carolina and Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway, among others. Articles and photos by this award-winning photojournalist have for decades brought the Appalachians to readers of national magazines, newspapers,

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Motorcycle Adventures in the Southern Appalachians

ISBN-13 : 978-1889596310 Dimensions : 8.7 x 0.4 x 8.2 inches Publisher : University of Georgia Press; 2nd edition (April 1, 2015) Language: : English The motorcycle byways of the Southern Appalachians are classic: Georgia 60, the notorious ‘Dragon,’ and the Cherohala Skyway. Ride to the top of Georgia’s Brasstown Bald and over Tennessee’s Lookout Mountain. Cruise remote back roads to Highlands, NC, highest

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Southern Vermont Travel Guide – USATODAY

Southern Vermont Cross into the Green Mountain State from Massachusetts on Interstate 91, and you might feel as if you’ve entered a new country. There isn’t a town in sight. What you see are forested hills punctuated by rolling pastures. When you reach Brattleboro, no fast-food joints or strip malls line the exits to signal your arrival at southeastern Vermont’s

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Central Vermont Travel Guide – USATODAY

Central Vermont Central Vermont’s economy once centered on marble quarrying and mills. But today, as in much of the rest of the state, tourism drives the economic engine. The center of the dynamo is Killington, the East’s largest downhill resort. However, central Vermont has more to discover than high-speed chairlifts and slope-side condos. The old mills of Quechee and Middlebury

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Northern Vermont Travel Guide – USATODAY

Northern Vermont Vermont’s northernmost region reveals the state’s greatest contrasts. To the west, Burlington and its suburbs have grown so rapidly that rural wags now say that Burlington’s greatest advantage is that it’s “close to Vermont.” The north country also harbors Vermont’s tiny capital, Montpelier, and its highest mountain, Mt. Mansfield, site of the famous Stowe ski resort. To the

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The Monadnocks and Merrimack Valley Travel Guide – USATODAY

The Monadnocks and Merrimack Valley Southwestern and south-central New Hampshire mix village charm with city hustle across two distinct regions. The Merrimack River valley has the state’s largest and fastest-growing cities: Nashua, Manchester, and Concord. To the west, in the state’s sleepy southwestern corner, is the Monadnock region, one of New Hampshire’s least-developed and most naturally stunning parts. Here you’ll

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