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The gorge is also the only part of the Nantahala River and the only trout water in North Carolina that permits night fishing. [14] 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.
Lake Santeetlah is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Robbinsville on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Santeetlah—which in turn is largely surrounded by Nantahala National Forest.
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,014. [1] Its county seat is Franklin. [2]The Nantahala River runs through Macon County, flowing into the Little Tennessee River in Swain County.
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.
Franklin is a town in and the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina, United States. [4] It is situated within the Nantahala National Forest.The population was reported to be 4,175 in the 2020 census, an increase from the total of 3,845 tabulated in 2010.
The Nantahala is the second wettest region in the country, after the Pacific Northwest. Due to its environmental importance and historical ties with the Cherokee, the forest was officially established on January 29, 1920, by President Woodrow Wilson. [3] [4] The word "Nantahala" is a Cherokee derived word, meaning "Land of the Noonday Sun." In ...
The Cherokee name for the area, Nantahala, is translated as "land of the noon-day sun" because 90% of the land is slopes of 30 degrees or greater, suggesting that in the valleys one sees the sun only in the middle of the day. [12] As of 2024, Graham County has the third lowest amount of agricultural acreage in the state.
ZIP code: 28901. Area code: 828: FIPS code: 37-01380 [3] GNIS feature ID: 2405151 [2] ... The Andrews Public Library joined the Nantahala Regional Library system in ...