Fun activities in highlands NC

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO DO IN HIGHLANDS NC

Zip-lining 

Thrilling Adventures for All Ages

Highlands Outpost is OPEN for Snow Tubing 6 days a week with expanded hours during the weekends and holidays. 

Experience “cool” in a different way.  Highlands Ice Skating Rink is fun for all ages.  It’s a great in-town getaway for teens, families and the young-at-heart and is fast becoming popular with visitors.

Whiteside Mountain is the highest cliffs in Eastern North America.

This excellent loop, designated a National Recreation Trail, climbs to the top of Whiteside Mountain, with its spectacular 700 ft high cliff walls lofting the hiker for amazing views. Take a camera, as the cliff-top views are lined with beautiful mountain laurel which blooms in mid-June. See relics from the past, when Whiteside Mountain was a tourist attraction. You'll pass through some pleasant woods along the way.

Dry Falls is located along the Mountain Scenic By-Way (Hwy 64 between Franklin and Highlands) in the Cullasaja Gorge.
Dry Falls flows on the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. It is part of a series of waterfalls on an 8.7-mile (14 km) stretch of the river that eventually ends with Cullasaja Falls. Dry Falls flows over an overhanging bluff that allows visitors to walk up under the falls and remain relatively dry when the waterflow is low, hence its name. Visitors will get wet if the waterflow is high.