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Whitewater Way is a 9-mile (14 km) byway from near Sapphire to the South Carolina state line. It is named after the Whitewater Falls, which, at 411 ft (125 m), are the highest waterfalls east of the Rockies. [4] Various other falls can also be found along Horsepasture River and multiple trails connect the area with rare shortia found in the ...
Website. www.transylvaniacounty.org. Transylvania County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census the population is 32,986. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Brevard. [ 3 ] Transylvania County comprises the Brevard, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC Combined ...
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, running 604 miles (972 km) from the Tennessee state line to the Outer Banks.The route passes through the westernmost municipality in the state, Murphy, and one of the most easternmost municipalities, Manteo, making US 64 a symbolic representation of the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo" which is used to refer ...
The Lower Whitewater Falls, across the border in South Carolina, plummets another 400 feet, if the first view wasn't spectacular enough. The area, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, is roughly 60 ...
The height of the falls is given as 200 feet (61 m) in Kevin Adams' book, North Carolina Waterfalls [21] and 250 feet (76 m) by NCWaterfalls.com. [22] However, Google Earth gives a height (based on the elevation of the water at the top of the falls and the elevation of the plunge pool at the bottom of the falls) of 137 feet (42 m).
Jackson County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,109. [ 1 ] Since 1913, its county seat has been Sylva, [ 2 ] which replaced Webster. Cullowhee is the site of Western Carolina University (WCU). In the early 21st century, the university has more than 12,000 ...
North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land.
Green River (North Carolina) The Green River is a dam-release river that flows through the mountains of North Carolina, south of Asheville. [4] The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of its water flows from a confluence with Big Hungry Creek. The Green River is itself a tributary of the Broad River.