Whether seeking an action-packed vacation or a relaxing retreat, North Carolina's mountains offer many things to do for all interests. This comprehensive guide offers authoritative suggetions for jazz, crafts, and food festivals; golf, rockhounding, and skiing destinations; nightlife, resorts, and restaurant options, and much more.

This guide features 82 hikes within Great Smoky Mountains National Park, America's most visited national park.

Explore more than 60 of the best singletrack trails between the Carolina coast and the Smoky Mountains with rides for mountain bikers of all abilities.

Now completely revised and updated, North Carolina Hiking Trails is the most comprehensive guide available to the trails of the Old North State.

Edited by Marshall Brooks and Mark Johns, this book features the best birdwatching sites in North Carolina as chosen by the members of the Carolina Bird Club. Full of practical information on where and when to go, how to get there, and what birders will see, this is a perfect companion for the glove compartment of a car.

From the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Piedmont and the Outer Banks, this thoroughly updated and revised guide features more than 200 hiking trails in all regions of the state.

Details 40 sea kayaking tours along the coast and in the inland waterways of North Carolina. Mile-by-mile descriptions, maps, trip ratings, and much more.

This guide has 40 of the best bicycle tours in the Tarheel State, ranging from easy rambles to touring adventures.

Eighteen dramatic incidents in North Carolina history come to life under the pen of Scotti Cohn. Spanning the early nineteenth century through contemporary times, these incredible stories tell of people facing all kinds of disasters, from hurricanes and fires to train wrecks and airplane crashes.

The region's only comprehensive trail guide to cover mountain biking and hiking opportunities in the Uwharrie Lakes Region of central North Carolina.

This outstanding collection of color photographs is complemented by the words and wisdom of perceptive North Carolinians.