Vintage maps labeled the farms along old Mechum’s River Road with still-familiar local names including Ballard, Carr, Jones ...

A man-made lake in Georgia offers some of the most fishing diversity in the South. It was once a getaway for wealthy ...

The Blue Ridge Mountains have no coral reefs ... starting at the Roaring River in Stone Mountain State Park, stretching to the Tuckasegee River in Bryson City. The idea for now is to offer ...

For the most part, the Blue Ridge Parkway (or BRP) is mountainous, hugging the ridge lines of some of the tallest mountain ranges east of the Mississippi, but it also drops down to river valleys ...

Blue Ridge has grown by leaps and bounds ... the Cohutta Wilderness, the Ellijay River, and the Rich Mountain Wildlife ...

Here’s our guide for making the most of a mountain getaway ... head just out of town to cool off on the Toccoa River. Blue Ridge Tubing in the Aska Adventure Area offers a six-mile float ...

Well, how about a river in the southern Appalachian Mountains? Paul Garber of member station WFDD takes us on a not-so-deep dive along the Blue Ridge Snorkel Trail. (SOUNDBITE OF RIVER FLOWING ...