Can there ever be too many hiking trails in Western North Carolina? State trail planners, conservation groups, local governments and outdoors enthusiasts tend to think not. At least that seems to be ...

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You don’t need to fly off to the four corners of the globe to discover a new walking trip. Not when North America offers an endless array of extraordinary hiking and walking journeys. From Alaska to ...

NPR's Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina. A hike in North Carolina's Linville Gorge Wilderness offers sweeping views, solitude I set off ...