Most people who come to the Uwharrie region to recreate probably know about spots like the Uwharrie Trail and Morrow Mountain State Park. However, there are a lot of lesser-known gems in the Uwharrie area that many tourists miss out on, and some that even locals have...

I’ve only gotten to go paddling a few times this spring so far, and both were on the Little River in Montgomery County. Both trips though revealed to me how much the river has changed as a result of the two hurricanes we had last year. It is really remarkable how the...

Last Wednesday, I was fortunate to get to join a private tour of Bluff Mountain Nature Preserve. The Nature Conservancy owns this site and they host tours in spring and fall but they fill up quickly. A friend of mine attended one of these hikes the previous weekend...