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Big South Fork NRA - Just 90 minutes northwest of Knoxville, 123,000 acres of outdoor magic on the Cumberland Plateau.

Cumberland Gap National Historic Park - A major break in the Appalachian Mountain chain, the first avenue for settlement of the West.

Paddling the Obed/Emory Watershed - They may start out as peaceful Cumberland Plateau streams, but they don't stay that way.

Mountain Biking Big South Fork - Single-tracking Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.

Sheltowee Trace Trail - Hike in the footsteps of history on this 268-mile stretch of Daniel Boone National Forest.

Paddling Cumberland River Basin - Paddle the best white water of Kentucky.

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