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Trip Finder: Appalachians
Your favorite Appalachians hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
Readers' Choice: Appalachians
Your favorite parks, weekend getaways, peak ascents, campsites, and more in the Appalachians.
Top 3 Glow-in-the-Dark Trips
See glowing plankton, mushrooms, and bugs on these brilliant adventures.
Paddling's Greatest Getaways
16 wild ways to find backcountry solitude and big-time scenery. All this, and you can bring the ice chest, too.
High Points: Black Mountain, Kentucky
Look closely for the path to this high point.
Best Backpacking In Kentucky
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Kentucky.
Kenucky's Land Of Painted Leaves
"October is the month for painted leaves," Thoreau mused. He could have been talking about Kentucky's Red River Gorge.
Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Gorgeous gorge: Where the arches outnumber the footprints.
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park
Hike up and down oak- and hickory-covered ridgetops, or explore underground.
Kentucky And Tennessee's Land Between the Lakes
Hike from Kentucky to Tennessee along an inland peninsula.
Kentucky's Cumberland Falls
Kentucky's Cumberland Falls provide spectacular waterworks, day or night.
