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After a long day on the trail, some/lots/most/all hikers like to kick back with a nice cold beer, preferably a craft or microbrew. The good people over at Blue Ridge Outdoors recently developed the Southern Appalachian Beer Guide to point us in the right direction after we step off the trail.

Article on hiking the Appalachian Trail to Grassy Ridge Bald on Roan Mountain along the TN-NC border. This section of the Appalachian Trail is rated as one of the most scenic sections along the entire trail - and can be easily done on a day hike.

Grassy Ridge on Roan Mountain is the longest stretch of grassy bald in the Appalachian Mountains, and is an easy hiking destination starting out of Carvers Gap.

List of several trails in the Southern Appalachians that hikers may not have heard of - each of which falls within nationally designated Wilderness Areas.

As we approach the late spring season, I just wanted to remind hikers not to pass up the excellent opportunity to see the incredible displays of mountain laurel at Spence Field, located on the Appalachian Trail near Thunderhead Mountain.

One of the most popular hikes in the Smokies takes you along the Appalachian Trail to reach Charlies Bunion, a rock outcropping offering one of the best panoramic views in the Park.

The hike to Mount Rogers - the highest point in Virginia - is one of the best hikes east of the Rocky Mountains! Following the Appalachian Trail, you'll have outstanding panoramic views for most of the hike. You're also likely to see the wild ponies on Wilburn Ridge.

Nearly the entire length of the four-mile (one-way) hike to the summit of Mt. Rogers passes through open country, offering sweeping views of the surrounding wilderness as far as the eye can see. With the rocky outcroppings and the open views, it seems more like hiking in some places out west rather than in the Appalachian Mountains.

Massachusetts is known as the other name The Bay State because of the Cape Cod Bay where the promotion of the new land "from sea to shining sea" is made. Massachusetts, one of the smallest states in America, has many attractions from the Appalachian mountain to the white-sandy beaches of the Atlantic Coast.

Rome is the largest city of the Floyd County in Georgia, one of the US states. It is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and consists of all the Floyd County. It has a population of 34,980 according to the 2000 census. The city has a total area of 77.3 kilometers squared out of which 76.1 kilometers squared is land while the remaining 1.2 kilometers squared is water, so, technically about 1.54% of the total area consists of water.

Frank van Manen, a U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist and president of the International Association for Bear Research and Management, said it's not that the bears are becoming more aggressive. Instead, he said, bear populations are skyrocketing under state bans or limits on bear hunting.