Highlands Falls
Highlands Falls is a waterfall in Macon, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,802 feet. Highlands Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet Grimshawes, as well as near Norton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Whiteside Mountain and Cowee Gap.
Whiteside Mountain
Peak
Whiteside Mountain or Sanigilâ'gĭ in Cherokee is a mountain in Jackson County, North Carolina between Cashiers, Highlands, North Carolina, and the Georgia border. Whiteside Mountain is situated 2 miles east of Highlands Falls.
Cowee Gap
Mountain saddle
Cowee Gap is a mountain pass located between Highlands and Cashiers in the far southern part of western North Carolina. It is located on the Eastern Continental Divide, which also forms the boundary between Macon and Jackson counties, and between the Cullasaja River and Chattooga River basins to the west and east, respectively. Cowee Gap is situated 2 miles northeast of Highlands Falls.
Edwards Hotel
Hotel
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hotel Edwards was a historic hotel building at Main and 4th Streets in Highlands, North Carolina. The main block of the hotel, a three-story brick structure, was built in 1935. Edwards Hotel is situated 2 miles southwest of Highlands Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highlands and Cashiers.
Highlands
Photo: Diligent Terrier, BSD.
Highlands is a small mountain town in Macon and Jackson counties in the Mountains region of North Carolina on a plateau in the southern Appalachian mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest.
Cashiers
Cashiers is an unincorporated village in the North Carolina Mountains. Located in a great corner of southwestern North Carolina, a green valley 3,500 feet high surrounded by mountains rising up to 5,000 feet.Satolah
Hamlet
Satolah is an unincorporated community in Rabun County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Satolah is situated 6 miles south of Highlands Falls.
Highlands Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Category: body of water
- Location: Macon, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.07037° or 35° 4′ 13″ northLongitude
-83.17418° or 83° 10′ 27″ westElevation
3,802 feet (1,159 metres)Open location code
867R3RCG+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 11979532549OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
4471126
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