Brianna & Curtis
Things To Do
Jackson County Green Energy Park
Here's where we forged our knives. They also offer glass blowing classes.
Arrowmont Stables & Cabins
This 200-acre retreat offers horseback riding, trout fishing, hiking, swimming, hunting for arrowheads and gems and camping with lunch.
Highlands Aerial Park
Highlands Aerial Park offers ziplining, a giant swing, mule wagon rides, nature trails, a fire pit, and more at 3,400 feet on High Holly Mountain in an old-growth forest.
Highlands Nature Center
HNC offers activities, guided walks, lessons, and events throughout the summer.
Blue Ridge Parkway
AMAZING drive. America’s favorite and most visited parkway, BRP offers legendary views from elevations above sea level of 5,000 and even 6,000 feet. There are many points of interest along the parkway for the entire family to enjoy – it runs just over 469 miles from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to Cherokee, North Carolina. There are 26 tunnels on this ridgetop road, however, so the parkway is usually closed in the winter months due to ice. For a full map and directions, visit www.blueridgeparkway.org.
SECRET FALLS
One of the finest waterfalls in the area, a relatively large creek pours over a nearly vertical bluff into a big, deep, beautiful pool, complete with a sandy beach, before spilling over some smaller cascades and into a dark, rocky cove. Take Main Street in Highlands to Horse Cove Road. Continue down this curvy road for 3.7 miles and turn right on Walking Stick Rd (SR1608). Continue down this gravel road for a total of 2.5 miles to a fork. Turn right and drive 1/4 mile to FR4567. Drive another 1/4 mile and pull into the small grassy parking area on the left. The trail is marked as Big Shoals Trail. It starts out level as it passes through an area of new growth. That will turn to older growth as the trail descends and eventually comes to a fairly easy creek crossing on some rocks. A few minutes later the trail crosses another small creek on a log, then heads up hill. A few minutes later, the trail turns to the left and down towards the top of the falls.
Bridal Veil Falls
This fall is one of the most unusual and most popular falls in the South by virtue of its location along scenic mountain Hwy 64 West. The falls drop for 120 feet and cars can drive under the veil of water on the old road. This is the only waterfall in North Carolina that you can drive under. During cold spells, the falls create a large mound of ice at its base. If it stays cold long enough, the falls will form one giant column of ice.
Pinnacle Park
Enjoy a climb through new- and old-growth forest to a ridgetop with a view over downtown Sylva and a connecting trail that can take you to Blackrock Knob (and even an overnight to Waterrock Knob) in Sylva’s Pinnacle Park. From Hwy 441 South, merge onto US 23/74 east just past Dillsboro. Take Exit 85 for Sylva and turn right at the first traffic light. At the T-intersection, turn right onto Skyland Drive. Take the first left after the highway overpass onto Fisher Creek Road and follow the road to its dead end in a gravel parking lot. Follow marked signs for Pinnacle Rock.
Innovation Brewing Company
Local brews & great food truck in downtown.
Evolution Wine Kitchen
Wine bar and local foods for lunch and dinner