back country

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Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Big Thicket offers nearly 40 miles of hiking trails and six waterway corridors, as well as opportunities for back country camping, paddling, fishing, bird watching and much more.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

In a cemetery on a back country road near Sacramento, three rows of granite gravestones bear the same inscription: “Unknown, moved from Negro Hill Cemetery by the U.S. Government — 1954.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Wallace’s book is illustrated with William’s extraordinary cartoons — detailed maps of rivers and back country, white-water guidance, character satires, first-aid instructions including “Swimming Self-rescue.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

"I just hope there is not some poor soul up in some of the back country lanes that hasn't been seen yet by anyone."

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2021

The annals of Appalachian Trail hikes are full of tales of hikers being mugged by bears in the back country of the Smokies.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson