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MAP OF JACKSON COUNTY
BUNCOMBE
Asheville
Black Mountain

HENDERSON
Hendersonville
Flat Rock
Etowah

TRANSYLVANIA
Brevard
Sapphire

JACKSON
Cashiers
Toxaway
Glenville

MACON
Highlands

HAYWOOD
Waynesville
Maggie Valley

POLK
Tryon
Columbus

RUTHERFORD
Lake Lure
Forest City
Rutherfordton

MCDOWELL
Marion

MADISON
Mars Hill

CLAY
Hayesville

SOUTH CAROLINA
Landrum
Greenville
Inman
Spartanburg
Anderson
Clemson

JACKSON
Cashiers   *   Toxaway   *   Glenville

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The gentle lifestyle offered affords many an excellent opportunity to "get away from it all."
Historic accommodations, award winning dining, cultural arts, unique shopping, nature and outdoor activities, great people and the best place in the mountains to live!  That’s Macon County.
Macon County has many kinds of recreational activities. You can go take a hike, to enjoy the Great Smokey Mountains up close. Or take a  ride down the white waters of Western North Carolina. There are numerous private and public camp sites throughout Macon County. Each October during the fall leaf changing season  the country side comes alive with a marvelous array of colors    Macon County has many small towns and villages to visit, some of the larger ones are Franklin, and  Highlands.
The Highlands Plateau, is located in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Highlands is about 65 miles southwest of Asheville, Atlanta Ga. is around 165 miles from Highlands. The Village has   an average elevation of 4118’. As for the weather, the temperatures are moderate; the humidity is comfortable even though Highlands is located in rain forest area (average rainfall is 86.59").
Highlands has churches of all denominations, shopping areas throughout the Village area.  The Public educational system is ranked in the upper 10th percentile of the SATs.


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Jackson County
Lake GlenvilleSituated in the mountains between the Great Smokies and South Carolina lies Jackson County. As one of the larger counties in Western North Carolina, it is home to the highest mountain lake east of the Mississippi. Thorpe Lake (or Lake Glenville, as it is know by the area residents) was built in the early forties by Alcoa.
Jackson County is home to several lakes and some famous rivers, one of which is the Cullasaja FallsCullasaja River, where a portion of the movie Deliverance was filmed. Sapphire Valley, in
southern Jackson County, is named for the gem mining of the past.    A good portion of Christmas trees for our nation are provided from this area.
Some of the major towns in Jackson County include Sylva (which is the County Seat), Dillsboro (home to The Smoky Mountain Railroad), Cullowhee (location of Western Carolina University), Glenville (where Thorpe Lake is located), and Cashiers/Sapphire Valley (which has a great resort and is known for its vacation and retirement atmosphere). Elevations in the county range from 2,000 feet to 4,800 feet.
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