Nestled in the sweeping mountains of Western North Carolina is a pretty little town called Highlands, North Carolina. The town was established in 1875 and is very proud of its history, as the downtown...

Well, this is my last column, given my likely impending graduation. I’ve been struggling with what is worthy of my final column, but I keep coming up blank. There are so many things I haven’t written...

The warm temperatures of early spring always seem to draw out a certain homesickness in me. I begin to long for the sandy bluffs and silvery longleaf pines of the Midlands. More than anything, I start...

Thanksgiving break gave me the opportunity to stray far and wide: I even went to the World’s Edge! Just over an hour and a half away on the wild southern edge of Chimney Rock State Park, World’s...

Fall brings out the beauty of the landscape, and there is perhaps nowhere better to view it than Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve. Glassy Mountain lies just outside of Pickens, under 40 minutes from...

Often we in the outdoors space focus on big impressive parks that may be an hour away, but most days we interact with nature in a far more convenient way: our local parks. And Clemson has some fantastic...