There’s something about the combination of forested trails and dramatic mountain backdrops that I never get tired of.

Peak wildflower season in the high alpine environment is likely about a month away, but wildflowers at lower elevations in ...

Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

More than two centuries after William Bartram explored the Southern Appalachian foothills, his words, like his footsteps, ...

The stretch of the Appalachian Trail from Carver ... United States and ranges in Canada. Red spruce, mountain ash, Fraser fir and wild berry bushes all coat the mountainside above Carvers ...

Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home. But now, the roosters, hens ...

This gorgeous state park in Alabama offers a sterling natural retreat for families and adventurers hoping to reconnect with ...

Pennsylvania's state flower is the mountain laurel.Gov. Gifford Pinchot chose it more than 90 years ago. The General Assembly passed two bills, each naming a different favorite shrub – mountain ...

Catoctin Mountain, home to the presidential ... and the song by the same title: Appalachian Spring. Because the original tree was found in the wild, it couldn't be patented, but the name is ...

Seasons can come and go in the temperate regions of the world with many false starts, but in the Appalachian Mountains ... Amalenchier flowers in April in West Virginia. While mountain folk in ...