Highlands, Cashiers,
Glenville, Scaly Mountain

Drive through the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains and you’ll find Cashiers, Glenville, Scaly Mountain and Highlands.  These four beautiful, bustling communities offer quaint town centers, fine dining, antique shops, golf courses, boutiques, art galleries and breweries.  Each town is surrounded by hiking trails, scenic waterfalls, rock climbing locations and tranquil lakes.

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32 miles from Sylva

19 miles to Franklin

Here you'll find:

Fire Mountain Inn, Cabins and Treehouses
One of the most unique and spectacular mountaintop hideaways in America, located just a few miles outside of the village of Highlands, NC on hundreds of acres. At the highest point on Fire Mountain, at an elevation of over 4,000', sits a secluded mountaintop retreat composed of a sophisticated contemporary inn, the private and intimate Treehouses of the Inn and our luxury mountaintop cabins, all having exquisite long-range mountain views. Fire Mountain is a secluded mountaintop retreat with springs, streams, ponds, waterfalls and hiking trails ... truly a wonderful retreat from the outside world.
700 Happy Hill Road Highlands, NC 28775 (828) 526-4446 www.firemt.com Get Directions
HIGHLANDS OUTPOST
7420 Dillard Road Scaly Mountain, NC 28775 (828) 526-3737 highlandsoutpost.com Get Directions

Fishing

HIGHLANDS OUTPOST
Fishing, Dry tubing, ice skating, snow tubing, 2-3 slopes, 3500' with 200' drop. Kiddie slope available.
7420 Dillard Road Scaly Mountain, NC 28775 (828) 526-3737 highlandsoutpost.com Get Directions
Jackson Hole Trading Post
Cleanest mine around, help for the inexperienced, on Waterfall drive between Franklin and Highlands. HW 64E. Handicapped Accessible.
9770 Highlands Rd, HWY 64E Highlands, NC 28741 (828) 524-5850 www.jacksonholegemmine.com Get Directions
Hotel Cashiers
Hotel Cashiers is a boutique mountain inn and wine lounge situated at a premier location in the center of Cashiers, just a short walk to restaurants, boutiques and the village park. Featuring warm hospitality and the perfect blend of modern and rustic design, we are the ideal basecamp for your trip to Cashiers, Highlands and the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina! Hotel Cashiers is a pet friendly inn, featuring 19 spacious, well appointed rooms as well as manicured outdoor gardens and a cozy upscale wine bar and lounge in the lobby.
7 Slab Town Road Cashiers, NC 28717 (828) 743-7706 www.hotelcashiers.com Get Directions
HIGHLANDS OUTPOST
Dry tubing, ice skating, snow tubing, 2-3 slopes, 3500' with 200' drop. Kiddie slope available.
7420 Dillard Road Scaly Mountain, NC 28775 (828) 526-3737 highlandsoutpost.com Get Directions
Highlands Aerial Park
We have combined the alpine adventure courses of Europe with the rain forest canopy tours of Central America to create Highlands Aerial Park. Located at an elevation 3,400 feet high atop High Holly Mountain, with long-range views of mile-high Blue Ridge Mountain ranges of Georgia and North Carolina. The lush, virgin, old-growth forest infused with peaks and knolls, whose creeks and springs carve gorges and waterfalls, creates a wondrous natural terrain ideal for this ecologically-inspired family adventure park.
9625 Dillard Road Scaly Mountain, NC 28775 (828) 526-8773 www.highlandsaerialpark.com Get Directions