Enjoy a great lineup of music all season long.
Kick off summer with downhill thrills at Snowshoe, rare bog plants, tubing at Harpers Ferry, mountain towns worth visiting, whitewater kayaking camp for kids, and an intense geocaching adventure.
Photographed by Bob Stough
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It’s time for a new season of Highland Outdoors adventure. Start on West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain, where adaptive mountain bikers experience downhill thrills. Stop to learn about rare, carnivorous bog plants, then grab a whitewater tube in Harpers Ferry. Visit the Maryland communities of Deep Creek Lake, Oakland, and Friendsville, and head up to Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, where Riversport School of Paddling teaches your kids to whitewater kayak. You’ll need their help on your extreme geocaching adventure—it’s intense, so don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Stories from this Issue
Summer Tunes
Shades of Cray
Scientists are working to conserve one of Appalachia’s colorful crawdads.
Three of a Kind
Maryland’s Deep Creek Lake, Oakland, and Friendsville offer a trifecta of adventure, culture, and hometown spirit.
Summer 2026 Editor’s Letter
The View From Here
