Madcap Branch
Madcap Branch is a stream in Swain, North Carolina. Madcap Branch is situated nearby to the hamlet Ravensford, as well as near Oconaluftee Indian Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mountain Farm Museum and Oconaluftee Visitor Center.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center is a tourism office.
Oconaluftee Indian Village
Museum
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Oconaluftee Indian Village is a replica of an 18th-century eastern Cherokee community founded in 1952 and located along the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. Oconaluftee Indian Village is situated 2 miles south of Madcap Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ravensford and Cherokee.
Ravensford
Hamlet
Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people. Ravensford is situated 2 miles southeast of Madcap Branch.
Cherokee
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.
Madcap Branch
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.5176° or 35° 31′ 3″ northLongitude
-83.32821° or 83° 19′ 42″ westElevation
2,487 feet (758 metres)Open location code
867RGM9C+2PGeoNames ID
4477729
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