Tucked quietly off milepost 272 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cascade Falls is one of those places that surprises you with how much beauty fits into less than a mile of trail. 🌲 The hike — a gentle 0.8-mile loop through rhododendron, ferns, and towering hardwoods — leads to two wooden overlooks where Falls Creek spills over ancient rock. The waterfall itself drops more than 250 feet, but from the trail, you only see the top 20 — the rest disappears into forest and stone, hidden from view. 💧 It’s

This week, all volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Washington and Oregon are at normal background levels of activity. Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN Weekly Update: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcano-updates#cvo Past Week Observations: Small magnitude earthquakes were detected at Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Newberry. All monitoring data are consistent with background activity levels in the Cascades Range. Field crews were at Mount

This week, all volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Washington and Oregon are at normal background levels of activity. Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN Weekly Update: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcano-updates#cvo Past Week Observations: There were small earthquakes detected at Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier. CVO field teams worked at Mount St. Helens this week to upgrade and repair several monitoring stations. In the video, a CVO field team returns