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The Nantahala Gorge provides the state of North Carolina with its first canopy tour. The Nantahala Gorge Canopy Tours opened July, 2009 and is the first zipline/canopy tour facility in the area. The attraction is a three-hour or half a mile (20 acres) experience that simulates flying and is naturally fueled by gravity with a gradual 3 percent ...
In the Winter months, the Upper Nantahala is maintained as a delayed-harvest trout fishery from the mouth of Whiteoak Creek downstream to the Nantahala Powerhouse. The state of North Carolina stocks approximately 10,000 Brown, Rainbow, and Brook Trout annually in the upper river on top of an already existing population of stream-born Rainbow ...
The Nantahala National Forest (/ ˌ n æ n t ə ˈ h eɪ l ə /) is the largest of the four national forests in North Carolina, lying in the mountains and valleys of western North Carolina. The Nantahala is the second wettest region in the country, after the Pacific Northwest .
Nantahala Lake (/ ˌ n æ n t ə ˈ h eɪ l ə /) [1] is located in Macon County, North Carolina in the western part of the state. The lake is regulated and maintained by Duke Energy and is a major source of hydroelectric power to the region. [2] Nantahala is located at 3,000 feet (910 m) in the Nantahala National Forest.
The Southern Nantahala Wilderness was designated in 1984 and currently consists of 23,473 acres (94.99 km 2).Approximately 11,770 acres (47.6 km 2) are located in Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and approximately 11,703 acres (47.36 km 2) are located in North Carolina in the Nantahala National Forest.
Nantahala may refer to: Nantahala Lake, a lake in Macon County, North Carolina, in the United States; The Nantahala National Forest, a national forest in North Carolina in the United States; The Nantahala Outdoor Center, a commercial outdoor guide service and retail store near Bryson City, North Carolina, in the United States
US 19 north / US 74 east / NC 28 south – Bryson City: North end of US 19, east end of US 74 and south end of NC 28 overlap: 64.5: 103.8: NC 28 north – Robbinsville, Fontana: Scenic byway northern terminus; continuation as NC 28: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Eastern side of the observation tower at sunrise. Wayah Bald is a high-altitude treeless open area in Nantahala National Forest, near Franklin, North Carolina.The Wayah Bald Observation Tower is located at the area's highest point (5,385 feet); the stone observation tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937 for fire detection. [1]