Highlands Nature Center

Highlands Nature Center is a museum in Macon, North Carolina which is located on Horse Cove Road. Highlands Nature Center is situated nearby to the nature reserve Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve, as well as near Hudson Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harris Lake and Edwards Hotel.

Harris Lake

Reservoir

Photo: EvanS, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Harris Lake is located just outside Downtown Highlands, North Carolina. It is a popular spot for fishing and picnicking. Harris Lake is home to many geese, swans and ducks. Harris Lake is located at. The town of Highlands operates Harris Lake Park.

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 2,600 feet west of Highlands Nature Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highlands and Satolah.

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.

Satolah

Hamlet

Satolah is an unincorporated community in Rabun County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Satolah is situated 4½ miles south of Highlands Nature Center.

Highlands Nature Center

Type: Museum
Address: 930 Horse Cove Road, Highlands, NC 28741
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Macon, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.0524° or 35° 3′ 9″ north

Longitude

-83.18827° or 83° 11′ 18″ west

Operator

Highlands Biological Station

Open location code

867R3R26+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 824733706

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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