Reader's Choice Leaderboard 2026-2027

Click the star on any photo in our online issues to cast your vote - the photos with the most reader support make it into the annual printed special edition.

Last updated on October 3, 2026

T-1
Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall Neuse River Trail Raleigh, NC View Issue No. 2
T-1
Michael Mosure
Michael Mosure Julian Price Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC View Issue No. 1
T-3
Cody Pate
Cody Pate Paradise Falls Asheville, NC View Issue No. 1
T-3
Kyle Suon
Kyle Suon Stones to Heaven White Pines Nature Preserve, NC View Issue No. 1
T-3
Roberto Procaccianti
Roberto Procaccianti Lakefront Shot of Lägh da Saoseo Switzerland View Issue No. 3
T-3
Bruno Buergi
Bruno Buergi Bachsee Grindelwald First, Switzerland View Issue No. 3
T-3
Nicole Adair
Nicole Adair Monashee Mountains British Columbia View Issue No. 3
T-3
Rick Nelson
Rick Nelson Bond Park Cary, NC View Issue No. 1
T-3
Jim Black
Jim Black Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve Brunswick County, NC View Issue No. 1
T-10
Brendan Beale
Brendan Beale Into the Unknown Stokksnes, Iceland View Issue No. 3
T-10
Bryan Harwell
Bryan Harwell Grand Canyon at Sunrise South Kaibab Trail Arizona View Issue No. 2
T-10
Ken Tierney
Ken Tierney Mount Saint Helens Washington View Issue No. 3
T-10
Gaye Pauroso
Gaye Pauroso Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden Colonial Williamsburg, VA View Issue No. 2
T-10
Zahra Nouri
Zahra Nouri Fly with Power Gilan, Masal View Issue No. 3
T-10
Hayley Martin
Hayley Martin Max Patch Hot Springs, NC View Issue No. 2
T-10
Thomas Mabry
Thomas Mabry A Hawksbill Dream Linville Gorge NC View Issue No. 3
T-10
Brigita Jurcan
Brigita Jurcan Keaiwa Heiau State Park Aiea, O'ahu, Hawaii View Issue No. 1
T-10
Richard Steidell
Richard Steidell The Boulder Flatirons Boulder, Colorado View Issue No. 3
T-10
Karen Horner
Karen Horner Submarine Rock Sedona, AZ View Issue No. 1
T-10
Zachary Wald
Zachary Wald O'Neill Butte at Midday Grand Canyon National Park View Issue No. 3
T-10
Jeremy Ashton
Jeremy Ashton Hanging Rock State Park North Carolina, USA View Issue No. 1
T-10
Charles Wilkins
Charles Wilkins A Morning on Hawksbill Morganton, NC View Issue No. 3
T-10
Arianna Stewart
Arianna Stewart Mingo Falls Cherokee, NC View Issue No. 2
T-10
Julien leclercq
Julien leclercq Autumn in Tervuren Tervuren, Belgium View Issue No. 3
T-10
David St Laurent
David St Laurent Taughannock Falls New York, USA View Issue No. 1
T-26
Tom Brennan
Tom Brennan St. Marys Lake in Glacier National Park Montana View Issue No. 1
T-26
Haley Hall
Haley Hall Coffee in the Morning Blue Ridge Parkway, Brevard, NC View Issue No. 1
T-26
Amanda Swierczek
Amanda Swierczek Crabtree Falls North Carolina View Issue No. 1
T-26
Walker Winslow
Walker Winslow The Boat Blowing Rock, NC View Issue No. 2
T-26
Christopher Valentine
Christopher Valentine Almost Heaven Craggy Pinnacle, NC View Issue No. 3
T-26
Andy Aho
Andy Aho Sunset at Jordan Pond Plover, Wisconsin View Issue No. 2
T-26
Frank Clements Jr
Frank Clements Jr Alum Cave Trail Great Smoky Mountains National Park View Issue No. 2
T-26
Kuri Kondrak
Kuri Kondrak Falls Early Morning Flow Eatonville, WA View Issue No. 3
T-26
Alissa Timmer
Alissa Timmer Zonnige herfstwandeling in de Bossen van Ermelo Ermelo, Nederland View Issue No. 3
T-26
Steve Arnold
Steve Arnold George L. Smith State Park Twin City, GA View Issue No. 2
T-26
Curt Suneson
Curt Suneson Hanging Rock State Park Danbury, NC View Issue No. 2
T-26
Anette Klavina
Anette Klavina Trinnacle Oldham, Peak District, UK View Issue No. 2
T-26
Kate Mitchell
Kate Mitchell Grandfather Mountain Linville, NC View Issue No. 2
T-26
Heather Russell
Heather Russell Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina View Issue No. 1
T-26
Aaron Lympany
Aaron Lympany Rialto Beach - Olympic National Park Forks, WA View Issue No. 1
T-26
Haven Pearison
Haven Pearison Fall Mayham Hawkins, WI View Issue No. 1
T-26
Josh Williams
Josh Williams Swampin' Washington, NC View Issue No. 3
T-43
Susan Nefzger
Susan Nefzger Wayah Bald Lookout Tower Nantahala National Forest View Issue No. 1
T-43
Lisa Englert
Lisa Englert Bishops Gate Greenway Cary, NC View Issue No. 1
T-43
Arbaz Khan
Arbaz Khan ORANGE VALLEY Darjeeling, Delhi, India View Issue No. 2
T-43
Raul Boesch
Raul Boesch English Falls Blue Ridge Mountains, NC View Issue No. 2
T-43
Flo Womacks
Flo Womacks Mingo Falls North Carolina View Issue No. 1
T-43
Dana Dees
Dana Dees Ocoee river Tennessee View Issue No. 3
T-43
Chris Conroy
Chris Conroy Abseiling on the Mac Dinorwic Slate Quarry, Whales View Issue No. 2
T-43
Rachel Fantauzzo
Rachel Fantauzzo Mysteries In The Forest Mt. Macedon, Victoria Australia View Issue No. 2
T-43
Steve Webler
Steve Webler Summer in the Snowy Range Wyoming View Issue No. 3
T-43
Jacqueline Barkla
Jacqueline Barkla The Big Drift Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. View Issue No. 3
T-43
Jason Schronce
Jason Schronce Sunset from the Blue Ridge Trail Asheville, NC View Issue No. 3
T-43
Kylene Gillick
Kylene Gillick Rough Ridge Overlook Boone, NC View Issue No. 2
T-43
Austin Balinski
Austin Balinski Yates Mill Raleigh, NC View Issue No. 1
T-43
Annie Lazo
Annie Lazo Spring at Little Bradley Falls, Saluda Saluda, NC View Issue No. 3
T-43
Jeff Yount
Jeff Yount Blue Ridge Milky Way Blowing Rock, NC View Issue No. 3
T-43
Russell Allen
Russell Allen Wildcat Rock Trail Gerton, NC View Issue No. 1

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