The Landsford Canal Trail offers exactly that kind of satisfaction—a gentle 3-mile adventure that delivers more bang for your hiking buck than an all-you-can-eat buffet delivers calories.

Tucked along the banks of the Catawba River in the small community of Catawba, this 3-mile trail delivers vistas so stunning they seem computer-generated, except they’re wonderfully, gloriously real.

The map is a fascinating representation of the protection geography and meteorology gives the millions of people who live in the mid-Atlantic region.