Richard Wood Upper Dam
Richard Wood Upper Dam is a dam in Cashiers Township, Jackson, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,629 feet. Richard Wood Upper Dam is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Cowee Gap, as well as near the peak Whiteside Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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 1½ miles south of Richard Wood Upper Dam.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cashiers and Highlands.
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.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.
Richard Wood Upper Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Location: Cashiers Township, Jackson, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Richard Wood Upper Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Richard Wood Upper Dam”
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