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Considered by many to be "America's Favorite Drive", the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches 469 miles along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Along its route, the Parkway offers numerous hiking opportunities, including trails that lead to outstanding panoramic vantage points, or spectacular waterfalls.

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Readers of the popular online travel guide, RomanticAsheville.com, recently voted on what they consider to be the top 10 waterfalls in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Here's how the respondents voted...

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.

Located on Trail Ridge Road at more than 11,500 feet above sea level in Rocky Mountain National Park, the Old Ute Trail is an excellent hike that allows you to enjoy high alpine and tundra scenery without having to do a lot of climbing.

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.

Yes, there is a National Park above Mammoth Cave. The longest cave system in the world provides for many hiking opportunites above ground, including the Sand Cave Trail, Sloan's Crossing, Green River Bluffs, Heritage Trail, Sal Hollow, Collie Ridge, and Turnhole Bend.

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.

Koti was an erstwhile princely state of India. It extended from Shimla Ridge to beyond the Golf course of Naldhera, which was designed by Lord Curzon in 1905. To commemorate its centenary Koti Golf Cup was held in October 2005. The state extended beyond the famous tourist destination of Kufri where the original capital of the state was established at Mool Koti which is north east of Kufri. The main tourist attraction of today i.e. The Ridge, Naldhera Golf Ground, Mashobra, Charabra (Wild flower Hall) part of Kufri, The Retreat of The President of India, were all part of the Koti State.

Hiking info for Gorges State Park in North Carolina: Bearwallow Falls, Rainbow Falls, Auger Hole, Foothills Trail, Buckberry Ridge, Canebreak, Ray Fisher Place.

Kirtipur town is one of a popular tourist attractions in Nepal. Spread along the long ridge in the south-west Valley, this old Newar town of Kirtipur is a natural fortress, founded around the twelfth century.

Gangtok Tourism takes one to a beautiful hilly town that spreads the western side of a long ridge flanking the Ranipul River, and houses some of the most important Buddhist religious sites in India. Snuggled between the borders of Nepal and Bhutan, Gangtok is famous for its numerous important monasteries and picturesque Himalayan views.

Flying Fox India Offers Adventure Sports in India, Adventure Tours, Zipline Tours Between Battlements, Hill Forts and Ridge Tops Located at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur and Neemrana Fort Palace near Delhi.

Over the next week or so I will be posting hike reports from my recent trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. Each report will include highlights and photographs from each hike, including the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak, Sky Pond, and the Wild Basin area, among other stunningly beautiful hikes. This posting launches the series with an overview of the park.

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

Tom Harrington, a volunteer for the Great Smoky Mountains, made the trek up to Gregory Bald yesterday to observe the status of the world famous Flame Azalea blooms at the summit.

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.

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