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If shopping or golf is not of interest to you, take
advantage of our wonderful outdoor living room surrounded by
mountain peaks, tranquil lakes, roaring waterfalls and swift
mountain streams. See the back roads by bike. Enjoy the lakes by
canoe. Hike the peaks and waterfalls and forge the streams with
a fishing rod. Come enjoy nature at its finest.
Adventure Depot
Mountain Adventure Concierge
828-743-2052 or 828-507-0174
Mountain bike and canoe rentals, whitewater rafting, hiking
guides or overall adventure planning
Boat Rental
Signal Ridge Marina
Hwy 107 N
Glenville, NC
828-743-02143
Pontoon Boats or Ski Boats
Fishing
Highlands Hiker
828-526-0441
Fly fishing guides are available through advance reservations
Whitewater Fly
Fishing
1350 Hwy 281 South White Water Falls
Sapphire, NC
828-966-9646
Fly fishing instruction.
Morning, afternoon and all day classes available.
Ladies only groups welcome.
The Fish Hawk Fly
Fishing School
100 Bald Mountain Road
Dillard, GA
706-746-0631
Bald Mountain Road between Sky Valley, GA & Scaly Mt., NC.
Offers one, two, and three day intensive classes in fly fishing.
Both workshop and practice. |
Gem Mining
Jackson Hole Trading
Post
Highway 64 W.
Highlands, NC
828-524-5850
Hiking
The Highlands area and
the Nantahala National Forest have many wonderful hiking areas.
For the best information, check with the US Forest Service at
526-3765 or stop by the Visitor’s Center on Main Street.
Great Smoky Mountain Railroad
Depart from Dillsboro
or Bryson City
For reservations call 1 800 872
4681 or visit their website at
www.gsmr.com
White Water Rafting
White Water Rafting (for
reservations call)
Southeastern Expeditions
Ocoee and Chattooga River
1-800-868-7273
Nantahala Outdoor Center
Ocoee and Chattooga Rivers
1-800-232-7238
www.noc.com
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Golf
Highlands Cove
Hwy 64 E.
Highlands, NC
828-526-4185 or 828-526-8044
18 hole Tom Jackson course
located in Highland’s newest golf community. Located on Hwy 64
between Highlands and Cashiers.
High Hampton
Hwy 107 S
Cashiers, NC
Pro Shop: 828-743-2450
George Cobb course at the
historic High Hampton Inn.
Sapphire Mountain
Highway 64 E
Sapphire, NC
Pro Shop: 828-743-1174
18 hole Ron Garl semi private course in Sapphire Valley
Sky Valley
Reopening in Fall 2007 after
$16 million renovation
Horseback Riding
Arrowmont Stables
276 Arrowmont Trail
Cullowhee, NC
828-743-2762
Sapphire Valley
Hwy 64 East
Sapphire, NC
828-743-9574
Dillard Stables
Old Dillard Road Hwy
Dillard, GA
706-746-2038
Whitewater Equestrian
1350 Hwy 281 South White Water Falls
Sapphire, NC
828-966-9646
Open year round with indoor
riding ring
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| Theatres
Highlands Playhouse
362 Oak Street
Highlands, NC
828-526-2695
Instant Theatre Company
310 Main Street
Highlands, NC
828-526-1687
Highlands Community Players
507 Chestnut Street
Highlands, NC
828-526-8084 |
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Samuel
Truman Kelsey
In February 1875,
Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson arrived at
the Blue Ridge Plateau with the intent of founding a town. They
decided to name their new town Highlands. Several stories exist
as to why specifically these two gentlemen chose the present
site of Highlands for their project. Most local historians
generally agree to the following scenario. Mr. Kelsey, being a
horticulturist, was naturally drawn to the plateau because of
its natural beauty and unique white pine, hemlock, rhododendron
and laurel forests. The area was also covered with an abundance
of streams and springs. Being a scientist, he may have also
recognized that the plateau had survived the glacial age with
its native plant life intact making it a natural outdoor
laboratory for research on a world scale. Although Mr. Kelsey
may have had personal interests in the area, he did intend to
enter into a commercial venture with Mr. Hutchinson. As the
story goes, they drew lines from Chicago, Illinois to Savannah,
Georgia, then from New York, New York, to New Orleans,
Louisiana. At the intersection of those two lines is the town of
Highlands, making it an ideal location for a vacation resort in
the mountains.
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