Junaluska Memorial

Junaluska Memorial is a memorial in Graham, North Carolina. Junaluska Memorial is situated nearby to Junaluska Museum, as well as near the government office Graham County Department of Public Health.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Robbinsville and Lake Santeetlah.

Robbinsville

Photo: Hkeely, CC BY 4.0.

Robbinsville is a town in Graham County in North Carolina. It is in the far reaches of Western North Carolina in the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains of the southern Appalachians.

Lake Santeetlah

Hamlet

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Lake Santeetlah is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States, 6 miles northwest of Robbinsville on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Santeetlah—which in turn is largely surrounded by Nantahala National Forest. Lake Santeetlah is situated 4½ miles northwest of Junaluska Memorial.

Junaluska Memorial

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “HERE LIE THE BODIES OF THE CHEROKEE CHIEF, JUNALUSKA, AND NICIE HIS WIFE. TOGETHER WITH HIS WARRIORS HE SAVED THE LIFE OF GENERAL JACKSON, AT THE BATTLE OF HORSESHOE BEND, AND FOR HIS BRAVERY AND FAITHFULNESS, NORTH CAROLINA MAKE HIM A CITIZEN...”
Category: historic site
Location: Graham, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.32005° or 35° 19′ 12″ north

Longitude

-83.80859° or 83° 48′ 31″ west

Inception

1910

Open location code

867R85CR+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6744966391

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Junaluska Museum and Graham County Department of Public Health.

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