The August Issue of Blue Ridge Outdoors is Live!

The August issue is live! Pick up your copy or read online today to check out our annual swimming hole round up, learn about the upcoming ‘Great American Eclipse’, plan for the year ahead with our 2018 Bucket List Adventure guide and much more!

Quick Hits

Water women plan Green River Takeover • 112 attached runners complete a marathon • A.T. hikers protest pipeline • America’s fittest cities

The Dirt

Watch the Southeast’s first total solar eclipse in centuries • Virginia towns transform abandoned coal mines into outdoor oases

The Goods

Multisport must-haves—Joe Moerschbaecher’s favorite adventure gear.

Trail Mix

Jimmy Herring unveils new band • Allman tribute Hard Working Americans heads south

Southern Adventure Bucket List

Gear up for 2018 and beyond with this year-long calendar of over 100 must-do adventures in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Athletes and experts from across the region provide their favorite picks.

Earn Your Splash

Save the roadside dips for the tourists and avoid the crowds with these 10 hike-in swimming holes that make you work for your play.

Your 1 Million Acres

The Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest belongs to you, and this year, you will decide its future. A new forest plan could bring together hikers and hunters, timber and recreation, rural and urban, locals and newcomers. So far, however, the contentious planning process has only deepened the chasms.