Jones Gap Falls
The Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area is filled with waterfalls. One of the more fun day trips in the area is Jones Gap Falls in Jones Gap State Park. It’s easy to access and fun to hike. The park also features … Continued
Falls Park (Greenville, SC)
Falls Park in downtown Greenville, South Carolina is one of the reasons I moved there. It shows the kind of vision that I sought from community leaders before relocating. I even wrote an editorial for the paper describing the reasons … Continued
Dakota Nature Park
The Dakota Nature Park in Brookings, South Dakota, is a great example of land reclamation. It’s a historic site, but not for any of the usual reasons. It’s actually the site of an old landfill. City planners have managed to … Continued
Falls Park (Sioux Falls, SD)
This is really just called Falls Park, but I didn’t want to confuse it with the Falls Park in Grenville, South Carolina. This is a historic part of the Big Sioux River that flows through downtown Sioux Falls in southeast … Continued
Paris Mountain State Park
Paris Mountain is a state park near Greenville, South Carolina. It’s $5 per car and the area includes a beach, lake activities, picnic tables, fields, and lots of biking and hiking trails. It’s a local treasure that not enough people … Continued
Upper Whitewater Falls
Whitewater Falls is right on the SC/NC state line in the Nantahala National Forest. Technically, the upper falls are in North Carolina and the lower falls are in South Carolina. View this post on Instagram Left to right: Upper Whitewater … Continued
Hooker Falls
Hooker Falls is a 12-foot high ledge waterfall and swimming hole in Dupont State Park. It’s just over the North Carolina line from the upstate region of South Carolina. The swimming area is larger and an Olympic-size pool. This park … Continued
Graveyard Fields
Graveyard Fields is one of the most popular attractions along the North Carolina stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s in the Pisgah National Forest just below Black Balsam Knob Mountain and about seven miles north of Frying Pan Mountain … Continued
Black Balsam Knob Mountain
Black Balsam Knob Mountain might be my favorite spot on my usual stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s in Pisgah National Forest just above Graveyard Fields, and about ten miles north of Frying Pan Mountain Lookout Tower. It’s also … Continued
Frying Pan Mountain Lookout Tower
Frying Pan Mountain Lookout Tower sits atop Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. The tower was built in 1941 and is around 70 feet tall. It provides panoramic views of Cold Mountain, Shining Rock Wilderness Area, and Mount Mitchell, which … Continued