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May 25, 2013
Hiking

Highlands, N.C., hiking club schedule for May 2013
May 4: The Nantahala Hiking Club will take an 8-mile strenuous hike with elevation changes of 1,300 and 1,900 feet, with half of the hikers starting from Beech Gap and the other from Deep Gap on th...
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bartram Trail from Jones Gap to Whiterock Mountain
Bartram Trail from Jones Gap to Whiterock Mountain
Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: Follow Hwy. 64 west 4.6 miles. Watch for the Cliffside Lake entrance on the right. Just past Cliffside Lake, turn left on Turtle Pond Road....
Jan 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rabun Bald
Rabun Bald
Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: To access the Beegum Gap trailhead: Follow Hwy. 106 south 7.8 miles to Scaly Mountain. Turn left onto Hale Ridge Road, the paved road be...
Jan 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Devil’s Courthouse (off Whiteside Mountain between Highlands and Cashiers, NC)
Devil’s Courthouse
Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: Follow Hwy. 64 east for 5.5 miles from downtown Highlands, NC. Turn right onto Whiteside Mountain Road. Go 1 mile to a well-marked parking ...
Jan 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wayah Bald Lookout Tower
Wayah Bald Lookout Tower
Level of difficulty: Easy Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: Follow Hwy. 64 west through Franklin, NC, and turn right at the Wayah Bald direction sign. Take the first left...
Jan 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blackrock Mountain
Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC:   Follow Hwy. 64 east 2 miles from the crossroads in Cashiers, NC to Cedar Creek Road. Turn left and follow Cedar Creek Road for 2.3 miles t...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Picklesimer Rock House
Picklesimer Rock House
Level of difficulty: Easy (100-foot elevation gain) Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: Follow Hwy. 28 south for 5.7 miles from downtown Highlands, NC to Blue Valley Road. (...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Satulah Mountain
Satulah Mountain
Level of difficulty: Moderate (700-foot elevation gain) Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: None Parking: None Hiking distance: About 3.5 miles Description: As th...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Yellow Mountain
Yellow Mountain
Level of difficulty: Strenuous, with 2,000-plus-foot elevation gain Driving distance/directions from downtown Highlands, NC: 4.9 miles. Follow Hwy. 64 East to Buck Creek Road on left, proceed ...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Whiteside Mountain
Whiteside Mountain
Level of difficulty: Moderate-to-strenuous, depending on what kind of shape you’re in. Driving distance/directions from downtown Highlands, NC: 6.6 miles. Take Hwy. 64 East toward Cashiers, rig...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sunset Rock
Level of difficulty: Moderate (less than 300-foot elevation gain) Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC: 0.5 miles out Horse Cove Road Parking: Limited free parking adjacent ...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Old Iron Bridge
Old Iron Bridge and Chattooga River Loop
Level of difficulty: Moderate Driving distance/directions from downtown Highlands, NC: 7.9 miles. Follow the many twists, turns and hairpin switchbacks of Horse Cove Road down to T-intersection...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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“The Narrows”
Level of difficulty: Moderate Driving distance/directions from downtown Highlands, NC: 5.6 miles. Follow the many twists, turns and hairpin switchbacks of Horse Cove Road down to T-intersection...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Granite City
Level of difficulty: Moderate Driving distance/directions from downtown Highlands, NC: 6 miles. Follow the many twists, turns and hairpin switchbacks of Horse Cove Road down to T-intersection o...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chinquapin Mountain
Level of difficulty: Moderate, 700-foot elevation gain. Driving distance/directions from downtown Highlands, NC: 2.9 miles. Follow Route 106 (Dillard Road) to graveled Glen Falls Road on left, ...
Nov 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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