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Population:2,806 The state recently began an initiative that pays ­remote workers $12,000 to move to certain towns—and also covers a year’s worth of outdoor recreation. The smart ones will skip the perks and head straight for Fayetteville. Sitting on the edge of our newest national park, New River Gorge, with a footprint not much bigger than its sm...

Population:1,004 Old Fort, surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest and located at the base of the Black Mountains, emptied out when manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas beginning in the eighties. Now some of those buildings are humming with life again. In 2019, Kitsbow Cycling Apparel renovated a former hosiery factory and moved its operations...

Population:24,565 Located in the middle of the Flathead Valley, about 30 miles southwest of Glacier National Park, Kalispell has been the region’s agricultural and industrial hub for decades, but several new projects are shifting to tourism and sustainability. The city recently broke ground on the Kalispell Parkline, replacing old railroad tracks t...

Population:5,000 This out-of-the-way place, located at the eastern end of Highway 50 an hour northwest of Great Basin National Park, has a thriving mountain-bike scene that’s only getting better. To add to the 50 miles of existing singletrack that starts at the edge of downtown, the local trail club and tourism bureau are building 51 more miles: a ...

Population:1,047 A lot of locals left Rangeley, 120 miles north of Portland, six years ago, when the Saddleback Mountain ski resort closed. Those who stuck around focused on diversifying the area’s outdoor draws and capitalizing on its location along the shores of 6,000-acre Rangeley Lake. Locals opened a brewery and bike shop, and in December 2020...

Population:28,878 Desert Hot Springs has always been about relaxa­tion, thanks to numerous mineral-water pools that dot the parched landscape. Recently, it has leaned into another natural form of leisure: ­marijuana. The historic spa town, 100 miles east of Los Angeles, was the first in California to legalize cultivation. The ­decision saved it fro...