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It was 16 miles from State Highway 118 to the office where visitors pick up the key, past the Bad Rabbit Café, then a bit farther on unpaved roads to the Christmas Mountains property. The key was ...

AUSTIN — Environmental groups embraced Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's plan Thursday to give the remote Christmas Mountains to the Texas State University System after fighting him four years ...

Pretty much everyone on the BRMTG team loves Christmas, so we’ve put together an in-depth guide to the best train rides for Christmas in the Blue Ridge Mountains.