Twinkling skies

This is a perfect spot for a starry night. The precise coordinates on Earth (41.6501 degrees

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north, 77.8164 degrees west) of Cherry Springs State Park give a window onto the Milky Way's nucleus. There are several other reasons stargazers love this place. The park, in Pennsylvania's Potter County, sits atop a 2,300-foot high Allegheny Plateau, surrounded by the remote Susquehannock State Forest. And the nights are famously darker here in the world's second Gold Tier-ranked Dark Sky Park (the International Dark-Sky Association's highest rating for stargazing) than in many places across the United States. On a good night, you can see 10,000 stars. The park has shielded its lights and has converted its visible white light to red light, a color complement to the park's trees.Hunt for hidden treasure along the beaches and bluffs. An hour-long ferry ride or a 12-minute flight is all it takes to travel from mainland Rhode Island to Block Island. The island is a 3-by-7-mile resort teeming with rolling hills, green bluffs, open meadows, hundreds of freshwater ponds and a 17-mile stretch of public beaches. \The Mohegan Bluffs extend for nearly three miles and stand 200 feet above the water for not-to-be-missed Atlantic Ocean views. There are hiking trails and a staircase to travel up and down. Summer brings the Block Island Glass Float Project, a scavenger hunt to find 550 grapefruit-size glass orbs that are hidden around the island. The floats are stamped, numbered and dated, allowing finders to register them online and keep them as souvenirs. hile the name Jocassee means "Place of the Lost One," you might just find yourself here. Defined by the plunging wall of hills of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, the Jocassee Gorges in the northwestern corner of South Carolina stretch across more than 43,000 acres of forest, streams, lakes and waterfalls. Situated along the shore of cool, clear Lake Jocassee reservoir, Devils Fork State Park is just one of a series that dot the area, offering camping, cabins, hiking, fishing and more. For some of South Carolina's most challenging hiking, try Table Rock State Park. From Table Rock's trails, you can access the 80-mile Foothills Trail that connects several state parks. The gorges boast dozens of rare animal and plant species, including the signature Oconee bell wildflower and a large migratory population of the Swainson's warbler.