foothills

ridges

Narrow elevated formations

• slopesAngled ground surfaces
• valleysLow areas between hills
• knollsSmall rounded elevations

mounds · hillocks · bluffs · escarpment · plateau · mesa · butte · terrain · topography · contours

gateway

Point of access

• thresholdPoint of beginning
• approachWay of handling something
• outskirtsOuter parts of town

borderland · edge · fringe · margin · buffer · boundary · interface · piedmont · base · flanks

Appalachian

Eastern U.S. mountain region

• RockiesNorth American mountain chain
• AndesSouth American western range
• HimalayasAsia's highest range

Alps · Sierra · Cascades · Ozarks · Pyrenees · Carpathian · piedmont · montane · cordillera · range

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

• ruralOf the countryside
• countrysideRural area beyond towns
• ranchlandLand for raising livestock

farmland · vineyards · orchards · meadows · grazing · scenic · panoramic · vistas · overlooks · picturesque

hiking

Recreational trail walking

• trekkingLong-distance foot travel
• pathsCourses for travel
• trailsMarked outdoor paths

climbing · scrambling · bushwhacking · switchbacks · trailhead · ascent · descent · rambling · backpacking · mountaineering

streams

Continuous flows of something

• creeksSmall natural watercourses
• brooksMinor flowing waterways
• springsCoils, sources, or leaps

runoff · watershed · drainage · arroyo · gulch · ravine · gully · canyon · gorge · tributary

• mountain terrainpeak, ridge, slope, gorge, pass
• Piedmont regionPo Valley, fall line
• mountain thingspeaks, summits, valleys, cliffs, rocks
• landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
• landscapesmountain, valley, landscape, scenery, vistas
• Alpine terrainpeaks, valleys, glacial lakes, mountain passes, ridges