North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway features several long hikes that reward endurance with sweeping mountain views, dense forests, and high-elevation scenery.

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.

When driving the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, we highly recommend stopping along the way. Our author especially likes one ...

Tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, less than two hours north of Charlotte, sits the small town of Elkin. It's home to just a few thousand people, yet the town manages to hold a ...

On Good Friday, my friend Justin Rollins texted me around 7:55 a.m.: “I’m ready to rock.” After a stop to get more water, we headed from Spartanburg to the Blue Ridge Parkway to hike 13 miles up Black ...

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, ...

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 ...