If you’ve been following Uproxx GPS, you know that a microadventure is a short trip to a natural locale near your home. It might be a twenty minute drive; it might be four hours away. Regardless, you will set up camp, get some shut eye under the stars, and spend some time hiking, biking, kayaking, horseback riding, or engaging in whatever outdoor activity appeals to you (even if that is just taking out your camera to snap some selfies).
To help you get your wanderlust on, we’ve created a state-by-state guide to the best microadventures on offer. So far, we’ve covered the West, Southwest, and Midwest. Today is all about the Southeast. These 11 states have some life-changing options for outdoor excursions, and picking just one led naturally to the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments. A lot of us are dead to one another now. Look, we take adventuring mad seriously (and are prone to dramatics).
You can skim this post for the states that you live in or near, but there’s also value in learning about the rest of the country, even if you’re never going to go to Florida or Arkansas. It’s impossible to read about the natural wonders in America without wanting to Google the shit out of your state — looking for waterfalls, caves, bouldering opportunities, and great hikes. These articles are to your bold spirit what Pinterest boards are to brides-to-be and crafters.
If you have other great options for microadventures in the Southeast, please share. We haven’t been everywhere, and we always love new ideas.
Virginia: False Cape State Park
If you’re going to get away from your daily life by basking in the outdoors, we think you get the most wanderlust satisfaction by going places that aren’t overrun with cars and other campers. That’s not always possible, and there are plenty of places that are crowded but still allow for pockets of isolation. However, when it is possible to get a little elbow room, you have to leap at the chance. False Cape State Park is that chance.
False Cape was so named because sailors often mistook it for Cape Henry — which sits farther north at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. This led boats and ships bound for Cape Henry to run aground in shallow waters. In the 16th or early 17th century, the community of Wash Woods was developed by survivors of just such a shipwreck, and they built structures using wood that washed ashore from a wreck.
The present 4,321-acre area is one of the few undeveloped regions that remains on the Atlantic Coast, meaning it offers a unique experience you can’t find in the rest of Virginia. Plus, the park is only accessible via foot, bicycle, tram, beach transporter (the Terra-Gator), or boat. This helps to preserve the nine miles of hiking and biking trails, 12 primitive campsites, and six miles of pristine beaches.
This is primitive camping. Again. We keep pushing for it, but that’s because it is so fun. Imagine camping on some of the most gorgeous Atlantic beach without being overrun by RVs (which can be awesome) or scouting troops (which can also be fun… when you’re 11). There are only 12 sites in the camp and most of them only allow a maximum of four people. There are pit toilets and three locations with drinking water, so it’s not completely without amenities.
When you aren’t hanging at camp, you should hit the trails. Although there are none designated specifically for biking alone, many serve a dual purpose, hosting both hikers and bikers. A trail leads through the park with offshoots to the beach. Certain trails will be the easiest walk you have ever taken at low tide, only to become impossible at high tide — which is certainly something to keep in mind. Also, many of the trails are over difficult sandy surfaces, so be prepared for your thighs to burn.
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West Virginia: Audra State Park
This microadventure is all about the view and the Instagram cred you will get on a specific hike, but Audra State Park, as a whole, is freaking gorgeous, and there is a lot to for you to do outside of your gawking and photo sesh. The park is only 355-acres, which is big but pales in comparison to the size of some of the locales we’ve listed in the past. It was established around the remains of a turn-of-the-century gristmill and the community it served, Audra. If you check out the Middle Fork River, you can still spy a gristmill spillway. That river runs through the center of the park, bisecting it and creating the deep pools, flat rocks, and riverside beaches that make trekking and camping in the park an absolute blast. If you kayak, the park is the put-in point for a 6.6-mile kayak run, giving you even more adventuring options.
There are 67 campsites sitting among the woods along the river, and they are open between April and October. You may wish to grab one of the thirteen with electricity. Either way, you will have access to bathhouses with modern facilities. There are even coin-operated washers and dryers and a campground store where you can snag ice, firewood, snacks, souvenirs, and assorted camping supplies. It’s pretty established, which makes it comfortable for people who aren’t ready to hike into the backcountry. For people who prefer more primitive camping, making a reservation for one of the more secluded sites will help you feel less crowded.
This adventure really hinges on getting out on the Alum Creek and Cave Trail. The first section of the trail takes you to Arch Rock, and the grade is pretty gentle. In the early summer the rosebay rhododendron that choke this part of the trail create a gorgeous swath of blooms. Arch Rock was formed via freezing and thawing that caused the softer rock to erode from the harder rock. You actually get to walk under the arch and climb a set of carved stairs before exiting. Then, you start climbing toward Alum Cave, which isn’t really a cave; it’s a concaved bluff that’s 80-feet high and 500-feet long. In the winter, you may find yourself dodging falling icicles in the “cave.” Along the trail, you will see wonderful views of the Eye of the Needle (a hole near the top of a rock in Little Duck Hawk Ridge), Myrtle Point, and Anakeesta Ridge. These are some of the best views in the state, and you really must see them (and photograph them) if you have a chance.
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Tennessee: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
If you live in Tennessee and you haven’t gone to the Great Smoky Mountains to see fireflies, what the hell are you waiting for? We don’t want to be too harsh, but this is such a unique experience. You are so lucky to be close to it. So lucky. There are at least 19 species of fireflies that live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but the synchronous ones are the big draw. They are the lone species in the country that can synchronize their flashing light patterns. People flock to the park in late May/early June for a grand display of bioluminescence. The otherworldly mating performance is a hell of a lot cooler than the human version: Getting drunk in a bar and hooking up in a bathroom (although that’s fun sometimes, too).
The park shuttles people to the fireflies from the Elkmont Campground — so that’s where we recommend that you stay. It’s both the largest and the busiest campground in the park, which we want to resist, but it’s a legit place to stay and we can’t fight that. Both Little River and James Creek run through the campground, meaning that you can definitely get some fishing or splashing in during firefly season. Plus, the trailheads for James Creek Trail, Little River Trail, and Elmont Nature Trail are all located there. There are 200 tent and RV sites with picnic tables, fire rings, gravel tent pads and paved driveways. And, there are 20 walk-in tent sites, which we love. The bathrooms have flush toilets, sinks, and cold water, so you aren’t deprived of some comforts.
As with The Wave in our guide to the best microadventures in the Southwest, this is another one that requires a lottery system to actually see the main event. There isn’t a fee to enter the lottery, but if you win, you have to pay a $2.75 reservation fee in exchange for a parking pass. And, the number of people who get in is based on the parking lot capacity. But, you can bypass all of this by staying at the Elkmont campground. So, reserve a space way ahead of time and spend the evening with the fireflies.
When you aren’t having a life-changing, insect-bonding good time, you have the whole park to explore. It is glorious.
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North Carolina: Nantahala National Forest
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The largest of North Carolina’s four National Forests, Nantahala National Forest spans 531,148-acres. Plus, elevations range from 5,800-feet at Lone Bald in Jackson County down to 1,200-feet in Cherokee County along the Hiwassee River. That change in elevation means there are areas, like Nantahala Gorge, where the sun only touches the valley floor when it is at its highest point. It’s no surprise that the park’s name means “land of the new day sun” in Cherokee. In 1920, under the authority of the 1911 Weeks Act, the National Forest was established. Now, there are over 600 miles of trails, and mountain bikers, hikers, and horseback riders have room to roam. And, the river means swimmers, splashers, and white water rafters also have an outlet for their escapades. For this microadventure, we have centered things on Secret Falls, a 50-foot waterfall on Big Creek.
Secret Falls is in the Nantahala Ranger District part of the park, along with a number of other falls. If you aren’t interested in a falls just because it is a bit down low, you can opt to visit Whitewater Falls, the highest east of the Rocky Mountains, instead. You have options. For campgrounds in this part of the park, we suggest camping at Van Hook Glade Campground, the least popular campground in this region of the park. It’s open from April 1st to late October and offers drinking water, flush toilets, and showers. Plus, it’s close to Cliffside Lake, which you can use for fishing and swimming. There are primitive campsites in the area as well, but this campground does a great job of making sites secluded. They are set back in mature forest and rhododendron groves. Sites are $12 a night.
You will need to walk the Big Shoals Trail to find Secret Falls — it’s clearly marked with blue metal triangles nailed to trees. The trail is moderately difficult (there are a couple short steep sections), and the forest service has done an amazing job of keeping it well maintained. A relatively large stream spills over a nearly vertical hillside into a large, deep pool before pouring into some smaller cascades and settling in a rocky, dark cove. In the summer, people who are in the know come here to swim in the pool and play on the sandy beach, so you won’t be the only person exploring this beautiful falls, but it likely won’t be overrun.
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South Carolina: Jones Gap State Park
If we’re sticking with The Carolinas, why not stick with some sweet waterfalls too, but this time let’s go for a state park: Jones Gap State Park. Between the years 1840 and 1848, A self-taught mountain road builder named Solomon Jones took it upon himself to cut a toll road from Caesars Head, South Carolina to Cedar Mountain, North Carolina, and legend holds he did it with a hatchet while following the lead of a sow, as one does. This was called the Jones Gap Road. In the 1950s, Henry Ware, who had actually been down the road by wagon in his youth, pushed for his cousin to buy 2,000 acres of land in the area and the two men sold and donated their holdings to the state for use as a park in 1976, as encroaching real estate and motorized vehicle travel down the road threatened the natural beauty they had come to treasure. At this same time, a Greenville attorney named Thomas Wyche was organizing the Naturaland Trust to secure and protect nearly 10,000-acres in the area. The state began to acquire that property in 1978, and the park officially opened in January of 1989. Both Naturaland Trust and The Nature Conservancy continued buying smaller tracts of the land into the 21st century.
The Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area is a great place for camping inside the State Park. There are 19 trailside camping sites that sit along the Middle Saluda River, and some of them are on hike-in spurs — quite separate from the others, giving you a sense of isolation without thrusting you into backcountry camping. There are no drive up campsites, so be prepared to carry your gear to your site and pack accordingly. The area also includes a ranger station, comfort station, showers, tent pads, fire rings, and a telephone. Neither water, electricity, or wifi are available here. It’s $12 a night to stay and $84 for a full week.
One of the coolest things about the park is that it contains the Eastern Continental Divide, which means rain falling on one side runs into streams that carry it to the Atlantic Ocean, eventually; while rain falling on the other side is diverted to streams which ultimately run into the Gulf of Mexico. But, you won’t be tracking rain on your microadventure — you’re more likely to be impressed by Falls Creek Falls, Jones Gap Falls, Rainbow Falls, Dargans Cascades and Silver Steps Falls. If you plan right, you can see all these falls during a two-day trip and spend your time splashing about and sunning yourself on rocks when you aren’t being awed by the majesty of the rushing waters. If you aren’t a falls enthusiast, consider doing some bouldering and/or hiking. There are eight trails, which range from the relatively short 0.9-mile John Sloan Trail to the 5.4-mile Jones Gap Falls Trail.
Arkansas: Crater of Diamonds State Park
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On these lists of microadventures, you will see multiple caves, caverns, and waterfalls. There will be hiking, biking, photographing, and wildlife viewing in abundance. But the Arkansas microadventure is literally one of a kind because Crater of Diamonds State Park is home to the world’s eighth largest diamond-bearing volcanic crater, and the world’s only diamond bearing site open to the public. That’s right, this microadventure is all about digging for diamonds. It’s pretty tourist-y, but if you haven’t done it, you absolutely have to.
When John Huddleston found two unusual crystals on the surface of his farm in 1906, he became the first person outside of South Africa to find diamonds at their original source. The very next month, he and his wife sold an option on their 243 acres to a group of Little Rock investors who took to testing the property. Several subsequent efforts at commercial diamond mining failed to yield sufficient results. Only the original surface layer reliably produced diamonds. During World War II, the government took over the mine, and though diamonds were obtained, the cost of labor outweighed their value. Post-war, the property changed hands a number of times and took on various incarnations to attract tourists. And, in March 1972, the land was sold to the state for use as the centerpiece of the state park.
There is a campground in the state park with 47 Class AAA campsites (meaning they have water/electric/sewer hookups) and five walk-in tent sites. The campground offers two bathhouses with hot showers and one of them has a laundry. Plus, there is free wi-fi. It’s a pretty sweet set-up. Since you’re here to get outside and have an adventure, we are going to urge you to choose a tent site. They have a tent pad and a woods view, and you can use all the other amenities anyone else can. Plus, it’s only $13 a night.
The actual diamond hunting happens on a 37.5-acre plowed field, and it will be busy. A lot of people simply walk up and down the rows looking for diamonds on the surface, but you can also dig into the soil with your hands or use a trowel and stake your claim to an area for a bit. If you aren’t down with hauling along a bunch of excavating tools, there are a number of items you can rent from the park, like knee pads and screens for sifting soil.
If you get tired of harvesting gems, there are three easy walking trails in the park. Two of them are 1.2 miles and another is only .2, but it’s primarily for wildlife observation rather than really trekking through the woods.
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Georgia: Sweetwater State Park
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We don’t think abandoned buildings and ruins ever get old. As a group, we feel the pull of these sites begging us to bend the law and risk our safety to go exploring. So, we really wanted to include a microadventure with a gutted historical building in this roundup, but many of the state and national parks with ruins don’t have approved campsites nearby. Luckily, Sweetwater State Park just outside of Atlanta offers verdant, lush scenery and the New Manchester Mill Ruins secreted in the forest next to a meandering creek. The 2,549-acre park is named for the Sweetwater Creek and became an officially designated State Park in 1972 thanks to tireless efforts by the Georgia conservancy — an environmental organization formed during a meeting at that very creek during 1967.
The park only offers tent camping, so you won’t be surrounded by RVs. And, there are only five tent sites, so you won’t deal with much noise at all. The sites each have access to water, bathrooms, electricity and a fire ring. It’s pretty basic, but the views are amazing, and it definitely gets you outside and adventuring. Be warned that the proximity to Atlanta means you hear muffled interstate noise, but otherwise you are truly nestled in nature.
Clearly, you need to spend time following the wooded trail that leads to the textile mill burned to a ruin during the Civil War. But, after you explore like the intrepid outdoors person you are, keep going and follow the trail to rocky bluffs overlooking the rushing rapids. There are actually three designated trails. The Red Trail is the easy one and you can do it in a couple of hours. If you want a challenge, hit the White Trail, a 5.2-mile loop, and see the park’s diverse wildlife and plant communities. The Yellow Trail is a three-mile loop and it takes you through hardwood forests and down into the ravine. You will travel through the area where all the bricks from the mill were made. In the winter, you can see the excavation pits from the trail.
If you aren’t out of steam or you want to skip hiking, rent a kayak and spend time on the 215-acre lake.
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Louisiana: Fontainebleau State Park
One of the major themes that state and national parks have is their tie to history, and Fontainebleau State Park is a great example. You get 2,800 acres of natural beauty with a foundation of local history — as this land used to be a sugar plantation and brickyard run by Bernard de Marigny and later by his offspring Antoine James de Marigny. Bernard lived from 1785 to 1868, during which time he founded Mandeville, which is west of the park. In 1929, he built the sugar mill and he named his large holding Fontainebleau, after the wonderful forest near Paris, France. The plantation operated until 1852. In 1938, it was converted to one of Louisiana’s first state parks, at which time it was called Tchefuncte State Park after a nearby river. In 1943, the name was changed to the current one.
There is some superb camping at the park. You have the option of going for an improved site with electricity, water, a tent pad, a picnic table, and a grill and/or fire ring or for an unimproved site that offers no utilities. Of course, we’re gonna push for the unimproved experience because we think it smacks of more outdoorsy adventure, but either way people who camp here gush about the accommodations. Things like free washing machines and dryers that give you 35 minutes for a buck make people swoon. Plus, they have clean showers with shelves and hooks to keep your gear off of the ground, and flush toilets. It’s between $25 and $33 a night for an improved site and between $20 and $28 for an unimproved one.
There are only a couple of trails — a 4.8-mile hike and a 1.2-mile jag that is a nature trail with a boardwalk into the marsh. There are 400 different species that live in the park, and the nature trail gives you a good chance of seeing a lot of them, especially if your cruise it early in the morning or in the late evening. It’s really cool to take the elevated trail because it ends with benches and a telescope, which lets you spy on birds and alligators and deer. You should also spend time at the lake. You will get to walk on one of the only white sand beaches on Lake Pontchartrain, and it’s so clean. You can also walk into the water pretty far, as it remains relatively shallow. You will need to go about 100-feet to get waist deep.
Alabama: Cathedral Caverns State Park
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Caves are so evocative. There are caves behind waterfalls. There are caves with dragons. There’s the Bat Cave. They incite the imagination and set a mood that is dripping with the essence of adventure — which is why every single one of the lists we’ve compiled includes caves and cavers, We love them. So, there was no doubt that we would push you to microadventure at Cathedral Caverns State Park.
Opened to the public in the 1950s by Jacob Gurley (who simply called it Bat Cave), Cathedral Caverns was purchased by the State of Alabama in 1987. But, it didn’t open as a State Park until the summer of 2000, making it one of the youngest locales in any of these entries. You know a cave that inspires a comparison to a cathedral offers a microadventure worth taking.
There is camping in the park, and it comes improved, primitive, and back country. What you choose depends on how much emphasis you want to put on the “rough” in roughing it. For $20 you can go improved with electricity and water hook-ups. For $13, you forgo water and electricity but enjoy a fire ring. And either option give you access to bath houses with hot showers.
If you want to get wild, pay $5 and trek 0.75 miles up a strenuous, uphill trail to a campground devoid of amenities, there’s backcountry camping. Obviously, this type of camping offers more seclusion and engagement with the nature around you. You have options, but why not Baby Bear it and get a little rough at an unimproved site?
When you get your camp all worked out, it is time to enter the cave. A tour is $18, and it’s well worth it. You walk about 1.5 miles over the course of 90 minutes. As soon as you enter the cave, you will be struck with the sheer size of its mouth. We are talking 25 feet high and 126 feet wide. It’s massive. Once inside, you’ll see things like Goliath, a 45-foot tall stalagmite with a 243-foot circumference. There is a stalagmite forest and a stone stalagmite that measures 27 feet.
The entire park is 493 acres, meaning there’s a lot more to do. So, when you’re done with the tour, you can hit the marked hiking trails or strike out on your own. There are four designate trails and they’re all 1.5 miles or less.
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Mississippi: Homochitto National Forest
Homochitto National Forest isn’t about RVs and water parks (although that kind of adventure can be a damn good time). Nope. This is about getting into the woods and getting dirty. If you really want to enjoy yourself here, we recommend bringing your mountain bike for some time on the Richardson Creek Trail — a ten mile trail that winds through some gorgeous and varied Mississippi terrain. And, when you get all filthy, you can use the bicycle shower located at the trailhead of Tally’s Trail. Did we pick a spot just because it has a cool bicycle shower? Not really, but we think it exemplifies how well designed the space is and how ideal it is for activities.
On this adventure, you’ll stay at Clear Springs Campground adjacent to 10-acre Clear Springs Lake, where you can fish for largemouth bass, bream and channel catfish. There are two loops, one along the ridge above the lake and one right on the lakeside. Some of them are terraced and most of them have spectacular views. All of them are well manicured and picturesque, but we lean toward the more wooded sites on the ridge. If you opt for electricity and water hookups, expect to pay $20 a night. For a tent space without hookups, it’s only $7 a night. Half of the sites have tables and grills, so ask about that if it’s important to you when you register. The bathrooms throughout have hot showers and flush toilets.
Consider striking out on the Clear Springs Trail, which some consider a hidden Mississippi gem. It’s totally well maintained, and you’ll find a lot of awesome places to hang in the water, as you trek through sprawling forests. It’s a little tough going at the start, so if you want to do all 11.1 miles, you’re gonna need some stamina. Trail markers are a little more sparse than one might like (read: you might feel lost), so reading up on it before jumping into the woods is a good plan.
If you can, consider going during the fall or early spring, when the brush is either less dense of you can comfortably wear pants. You know Mississippi can get hella buggy, and your legs will get eaten up if you aren’t slathered in repellant.
Florida: Withlacoochee State Forest
There are a lot of cool microadventures that were in contention for Florida, but Irma did a number on many of them, and we felt it would be cruel to tell you how great a place used to be the before all the campgrounds closed and the trees were uprooted by hurricane winds. Instead, we headed to Withlacoochee State Forest — the third largest state forest in Florida and one of the coolest places you have never been in North America, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Best of all, it’s no more than two hours drive from big cities like Orlando and Cape Canaveral.
Between 1936 and 1939, the federal government gathered up private land under the provisions of the U.S. Land Resettlement Administration. The U.S. Forest Service was in charge, until the Florida Board of Forestry received the land in a lease-purchase agreement in 1958. Now, it has miles of trails for bicycling, hiking, and horseback riding.
There are multiple campgrounds in the State Forest, and our pick is Hog Island Recreation Area — which offer campsites with picnic tables, drinking water, toilets, showers, and fire rings with a grate or grill. There aren’t any hookups, so this is semi-primitive. The sites sit on the eastern bank of the Withlacoochee River and sit next to the Hog Island Nature Trail. Every site is screened from one another with natural understory vegetation, so you will have your privacy and the isolation you need to really feel like you’re having an exciting escapade.
You should absolutely hit the Hog Island Nature Trail because it is so close to where you will set-up camp, and the two-mile loop leads you through scrub oak and longleaf pine hills, live oak thickets, and hardwood hammocks interspersed with cypress ponds and creek bottoms. There are some great abandoned rock mines and ravines as well. If you have the fever for a cave that lets you explore independently, seek out the Dames Caves and Lizzie Heart Sink Loop Trail — a moderate hike to Dame and Vandal Caves. If you plan on caving, be prepared to belly crawl through mud, duck your head, slink between tight walls and generally spelunk.
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Kentucky: Daniel Boone National Forest
Daniel Boone National Forest is huge. Seriously, it is 708,000 acres of federal land within a 2,100,000-acres proclamation bounty — so don’t expect to hike the park in a couple days and be done with it. You can come here every weekend for a year and still discover that you missed something. Plus, with opportunities to picnic, rock climb, fish, hunt, target shoot, bike, boat, raft, and swim, you will always have something to do.
The Koomer Ridge Campground is one of the best in the state. Perched on the perimeter of the Red River Gorge Geological Area, the campground is set among more natural arches than you’ll find anywhere else in the East, and there are 60 miles of foot trails that will allow you to access many of them. The tent sites offer excellent privacy and are quite spacious with a fully equipped bathhouse; though, the flush toilets and showers are not available in winter despite the campsite remaining open year-round. The campground is kept immaculate, and institutes quiet hours from 10 pm to 6 am. There is but a single potential drawback: you can hear cars driving the nearby Bert Combs Mountain Parkway from the campground. But, everything else is so perfect, that it’s not hard to overlook. Tent sites are $20 a night.
This is a great area for hiking, but we really suggest that you bring innertubes and hit one of the many rivers and lakes in the park for some lazy afternoon tubing. There are campgrounds walking distance to tubing spots like Cave Run Lake and Laurel River Lake, but they tend to be packed and full of noisy RV groups and families. It’s better to hang in a quiet, private place for the night and venture farther into the park for tubing after you have a nice long hike along the Red River Gorge. The park is large, and it is actually quite nice to drive from the Gorge Area up to the Cumberland District, where more of the water is. That way, you get to see a wider variety of the park’s plant and wildlife.
If you aren’t down to take in that much of the park and you canoe, the Red River is located in the gorge and offers a 9.1-mile segment of designated Kentucky Wild River that is stellar recreation.
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