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By Aislinn Sarnacki As the school year quickly approaches, it’s important to grab ahold of these last days of summer and create sun-filled memories that will last through the cold months ahead. But sometimes it can be tough to come up with exciting new experiences for the children in your life.

You don’t need to be a grizzled thru-hiker to enjoy Maine's 100 Mile Wilderness, the remotest stretch of the Appalachian Trail.

As the school year quickly approaches, it’s important to create sun-filled memories to last through the cold months ahead.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Surrounded by slate walls that reach up to 90 feet tall, Little Wilson Falls is one of the most impressive waterfalls — or series of waterfalls — in Maine. And it’s fairly accessible, if you find yourself in that neck of the woods, which is exactly what happened to me recently.

Surrounded by slate walls that reach up to 90 feet tall, Little Wilson Falls is one of the most impressive waterfalls in Maine.

“It’s for the hikers who want to explore and day hike the larger region.”

Spring is a prime time to tackle this guide to waterfalls, after the snow melts and before the summer heat reduces their splendor

May 2, 2021 As fall is to leaf-peeping, spring is to waterfall-watching, a seasonal pursuit now underway in the northern and higher regions of the United States. Waterfalls can range from thunderous plunges to delicate mossy trickles. They can be backcountry pop-ups or the centerpieces of parks, like Great Falls Park in McLean, Virginia, and Silver Falls State Park, near Salem, Oregon. There’s no agreed-upon definition of a waterfall, according to Joel Scheingross, an assistant professor of g...