A road-trip detour, using an NPS System map, leads to new discoveries at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park and the nearby town of Macon, GA. Continue reading at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Georgia’s Underrated Gems
Category: National Parks & Public Lands
A Forgotten Forest
There’s more outdoor adventures than people realize–including hiking, biking, and paddling around Francis Marion National Forest–in this overlooked stretch of South Carolina Low Country. Continue reading at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Buff 50: The Buffalo Celebrates 50 Years as Our Country’s First National River
150 miles of free-flowing river in the heart of the Arkansas Ozarks, with stunning bluffs, clear waters, and a fascinating story about people and preservation… Continue reading in Terrain Magazine!
A Visit to Historic Fort Smith in Northwest Arkansas
Learn about Fort Smith National Historic Site, U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves, the “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker, and The Unexpected–a series of stunning murals throughout this city in Northwest Arkansas. Read more in Terrain Magazine!
Ghost Towns of Old Cahawba
The Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, in Alabama, preserves over 500 years of mysterious ruins… continue reading at Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine.
A Little Grand Canyon in the San Rafael Swell
Things didn’t look promising. We’d left pavement behind and I was—not exactly driving—sort of skidding my truck through a mud trough in the rain. Up ahead, a soiled hatchback made like wet clay on a pottery wheel and spun around, slogging back toward the interstate… continue reading at Duct Tape Diaries blog.
Adventures in the Refuge of Lowered Expectations
The first time I heard a visitor calling for help, it came from the old ferry lake. Following the yells, I walked onto the aluminum fishing pier. Two bewildered college girls sat cross-legged on a floating platform, in the middle of this blackwater inlet of the Waccamaw River… continue reading at Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine.
A Nearly Empty Island called Cumberland
It’s the morning of New Year’s Eve, and the exact moment I step out of my tent, I spot a dorsal fin. It rises briefly into the mist from the placid Brickhill River, next to Cumberland Island National Seashore, and vanishes… continue reading at Adventure Cyclist Magazine!
Bike-rafting to Cumberland Island
VHWIRRRR, through dense fog, the sound of an approaching motorboat rises. I swivel my head left and right, listening closely to place the direction. There’s no way they’ll see me at speed, I realize, slightly panicked… continue reading about Bike-rafting to Cumberland Island at Men’s Journal!