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 August 18, 2026

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Roberto Procaccianti

Roberto Procaccianti Lakefront Shot of Lägh da Saoseo Switzerland View Issue No. 3

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Nicole Adair Monashee Mountains British Columbia View Issue No. 3

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Cody Pate Paradise Falls Asheville, NC View Issue No. 1

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Amanda Swierczek

Amanda Swierczek Crabtree Falls North Carolina View Issue No. 1

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Karen Horner Submarine Rock Sedona, AZ View Issue No. 1

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Sarah Marshall Neuse River Trail Raleigh, NC View Issue No. 2

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Heather Russell

Heather Russell Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina View Issue No. 1

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Kyle Suon Stones to Heaven White Pines Nature Preserve, NC View Issue No. 1

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Gaye Pauroso Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden Colonial Williamsburg, VA View Issue No. 2

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Bruno Buergi Bachsee Grindelwald First, Switzerland View Issue No. 3

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Kate Mitchell Grandfather Mountain Linville, NC View Issue No. 2

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Michael Mosure Julian Price Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC View Issue No. 1

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Christopher Valentine

Christopher Valentine Almost Heaven Craggy Pinnacle, NC View Issue No. 3

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Brigita Jurcan Keaiwa Heiau State Park Aiea, O'ahu, Hawaii View Issue No. 1

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Aaron Lympany Rialto Beach - Olympic National Park Forks, WA View Issue No. 1

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Richard Steidell

Richard Steidell The Boulder Flatirons Boulder, Colorado View Issue No. 3

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Brendan Beale Into the Unknown Stokksnes, Iceland View Issue No. 3

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Jeremy Ashton Hanging Rock State Park North Carolina, USA View Issue No. 1

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Arianna Stewart

Arianna Stewart Mingo Falls Cherokee, NC View Issue No. 2

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Ken Tierney Mount Saint Helens Washington View Issue No. 3

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Charles Wilkins

Charles Wilkins A Morning on Hawksbill Morganton, NC View Issue No. 3

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Hayley Martin Max Patch Hot Springs, NC View Issue No. 2

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Chris Conroy Abseiling on the Mac Dinorwic Slate Quarry, Whales View Issue No. 2

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Rick Nelson Bond Park Cary, NC View Issue No. 1

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Curt Suneson Hanging Rock State Park Danbury, NC View Issue No. 2

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Josh Williams Swampin' Washington, NC View Issue No. 3

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Haven Pearison Fall Mayham Hawkins, WI View Issue No. 1

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Haley Hall Coffee in the Morning Blue Ridge Parkway, Brevard, NC View Issue No. 1

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Anette Klavina Trinnacle Oldham, Peak District, UK View Issue No. 2

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Zahra Nouri Fly with Power Gilan, Masal View Issue No. 3

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Tom Brennan St. Marys Lake in Glacier National Park Montana View Issue No. 1

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Arbaz Khan ORANGE VALLEY Darjeeling, Delhi, India View Issue No. 2

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Jim Black Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve Brunswick County, NC View Issue No. 1

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David St Laurent

David St Laurent Bird Creek Fishing Anchorage, Alaska View Issue No. 2

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Kuri Kondrak Falls Early Morning Flow Eatonville, WA View Issue No. 3

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Julien leclercq

Julien leclercq Autumn in Tervuren Tervuren, Belgium View Issue No. 3

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Walker Winslow The Boat Blowing Rock, NC View Issue No. 2

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Frank Clements Jr

Frank Clements Jr Good Start To The Morning Gatlinburg, TN View Issue No. 3

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Susan Nefzger Wayah Bald Lookout Tower Nantahala National Forest View Issue No. 1

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Andy Aho Sunset at Jordan Pond Plover, Wisconsin View Issue No. 2

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Zachary Wald O'Neill Butte at Midday Grand Canyon National Park View Issue No. 3

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Steve Arnold George L. Smith State Park Twin City, GA View Issue No. 2

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Bryan Harwell Grand Canyon at Sunrise South Kaibab Trail Arizona View Issue No. 2

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Rachel Fantauzzo

Rachel Fantauzzo Mysteries In The Forest Mt. Macedon, Victoria Australia View Issue No. 2

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Russell Allen Wildcat Rock Trail Gerton, NC View Issue No. 1

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Kylene Gillick Rough Ridge Overlook Boone, NC View Issue No. 2

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Jacqueline Barkla

Jacqueline Barkla The Big Drift Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. View Issue No. 3

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Stefan Beeler Swiss Alps Sunset Muotathal Schwyz View Issue No. 2

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Lisa Englert Lone Bare Tree Atop Bearwallow Mountain Trail View Issue No. 2

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Martin Bieri Bridge over river Maggia Switzerland View Issue No. 3

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Annie Lazo Spring at Little Bradley Falls, Saluda Saluda, NC View Issue No. 3

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Samantha Heeley

Samantha Heeley Into the unknown. Steeleville, Missouri View Issue No. 1

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Jason Schronce Sunset from the Blue Ridge Trail Asheville, NC View Issue No. 3

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Chris Eichman Blue Ridge Mountains North Carolina View Issue No. 2

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Thomas Mabry A Hawksbill Dream Linville Gorge NC View Issue No. 3

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Steven Swieter Hiking on the Appalachian Trail Near Bryson City, NC View Issue No. 3

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Mike Mitchell Lula Falls at Lula Lake Land Trust Lookout Mountain, Georgia View Issue No. 1

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Alexa Paoletta Crowders Mountain Gastonia, NC View Issue No. 2

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Jeff Yount Eastatoe Waterfall Brevard, NC View Issue No. 3

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Gary Horne Beacon Heights Blue Ridge Parkway North Carolina View Issue No. 1

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Mike Flint Hazel Creek Gret Smoky Mountains, NC View Issue No. 1

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Flo Womacks Mingo Falls North Carolina View Issue No. 1

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Alissa Timmer Zonnige herfstwandeling in de Bossen van Ermelo Ermelo, Nederland View Issue No. 3

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Roman Dobias Branka, Tatra National Park, Slovakia Presov, Slovakia View Issue No. 3

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This leaderboard tracks reader engagement across our online magazines. Every star click counts toward that photo's ranking here, and the highest-ranked photos are the ones collected into our annual printed special edition, coming summer 2027 — so your vote directly decides what gets printed.

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