Southeast Parks and Outdoors Travel Guide

Southeast Parks and Outdoors Travel Guide

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Feature Articles

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    Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (Instead of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina)
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    North Carolina
  • Get Outta Town: Atlanta
    Away.com and the road-trip gurus at MAD MAPS have teamed up to bring you the beta on the best scenic drives around the country for the fall season. First up: Atlanta. Trade the city for Southern charm on this 178-mile loop, exploring historic and natural attractions to the south of the city.
  • The Wild Shore Takes Flight
    Serious birdwatchers know that Virginia’s Eastern Shore is the place to be each fall, as millions of songbirds, raptors, shorebirds, and waterfowl fly south for the winter along the Mid-Atlantic flyway. Newbies can get acquainted with it all during the Eastern Shore of Virginia Birding & Wildlife Festival, held each September.
  • Southern Dip
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    Wilmington, NC to St. Augustine, FL

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Practical Advice

  • Seafood Watch: The Western Seaboard
    Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world's oceans, continues to profile the seafood you should—and shouldn't—eat by indexing the most common fish off the western coast of the United States.
  • How to Build a Snow Cave
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    Ask ten people how to make a snow cave and you'll get ten different answers. Winter-survival expert Greg Davenport, 49, ends the debate. Here's his definitive guide to making a bomber backcountry bunker.
  • What Eric Larsen, Polar Explorer, Brings
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    He's skied to the North Pole and mushed across the Canadian Arctic, and in 2009 Larsen, 37, will try to be first to reach both poles and the summit of Mount Everest in one year. Here's some of the gear he usually has in tow.
  • Playing It Safe
    Tout, scam, trickery, pickpockets, or downright theft—any one of 'em can turn a trip of a lifetime into a lifelong lesson. Here's how to avoid bad experiences.
  • Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
    Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.


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Gear

  • Car Camping
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  • Squishy Bowls
    Portable, packable dining ware
  • Winter Camping Gear Essentials
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    It’s a winter wonderland. Get out there and enjoy it.
  • What Eric Larsen, Polar Explorer, Brings
    outside
    He's skied to the North Pole and mushed across the Canadian Arctic, and in 2009 Larsen, 37, will try to be first to reach both poles and the summit of Mount Everest in one year. Here's some of the gear he usually has in tow.
  • Complete Gear Archives: Camping
    From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to camping

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Attractions

National D-Day Museum

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945 Magazine Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0

Chalmette Battlefield/Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve

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8606 W. St. Bernard Hwy
New Orleans, Louisiana

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On the grounds of what is now Chalmette National Historical Park, the bloody Battle of New... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0

Fontana Lake

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Description: Fontana Lake, bordering the south side of Smoky Mountains National Park, is the ideal venue for... Read More
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0

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Hotels

Kira Mar Waterfont Villas & Docks

77 Hendricks Isle
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Map

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

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Tropi Rock Resort

2900 Belmar St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Map

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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5.0
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Omni Hotel at CNN Center

100 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303 Map

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

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