An easy to moderate one mile round trip hike to the beautiful 60 ft Rufus Morgan Falls. Trailhead is about 40 minutes from downtown Franklin. Since this trail is very ...
Housed in the Historic 1850 Macon County Jail, the museum has approximately 6000 items on display in 8 separate rooms on two floors. The displays cover the history of mining ...
A very short hike to a beautifully long waterfall in the Nantahala National Forest. Two viewing areas provide up close views of Mooney Falls. Explore this 0.2-mile out-and-back trail near ...
The Bartram Trail is designated as a National Recreation Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968. The trail is blazed in a yellow, vertically oriented rectangle in North Carolina and a ...
Rustic gem mining experience where everyone is finding treasures.
Be ready to get dirty with “dig your own” mining or grab a pre-filled bucket of our 100% Unsalted Gem Ore. Cherokee Ruby and Sapphire Mine is a “placer” gem ...
Tucked away in a pristine corner of western North Carolina, visit a little piece of heaven known to most as Tellico….. A small trout operation since 1986, Tellico Trout farm ...
Jackrabbit Mountain Trail is a beginner to intermediate series of loop trails located near Hiawassee about 30 minutes from Franklin. It is a total of 15 miles of stacked loop ...