Welcome Home to Highlands, North Carolina
Shopping in Highlands has always been a treat, ranging from the sublime to the magnificent. Coffee shops, Oriental antiquities, Outfitters and Estate Auctioneers are but a few of the varied places to spend your money.
Dining is a delightful and varied experience at any of the wonderful restaurants in and around Highlands. We do however suggest that reservations be made well in advance during the season at most restaurants. The Highlands Chamber of Commerce offers an exhaustive list of Highlands Restaurants.
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce web site offers information on almost every facet of our wonderful town.
Highlands is blessed to be in the most unique geographic area in the Eastern U.S. Located on the southernmost escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and at an amazing elevation of 4118 feet above sea level. Read more...
Top Three Hikes
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1.Sunset Rock
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2.Whiteside Mountain
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3.Satulah Mountain
The Highlander Newspaper
The very first newspaper entitled The Highlander hit the streets August 7, 1885. In his first editorial, editor Richard Goldie separated the Southern brand of journalism from that which came from up North as "more civil, more respectable, and for the most part void of bad language”. Read more...
Highlands Weather
WeatherBug provides up to date temperature & wind conditions for Highlands and the surrounding area. These conditions are actually coming from the Macon County Airport - a 25 mile drive or 15 nautical.
If you have a penchant for golf, Highlands is where you will find five of the most beautiful private courses in the Southeast: Read more...
The Town of Highlands, incorporated in 1883 is run by a Mayor and Board of Commissioners. The Mayor is elected every four years. The Commissioners are elected on a “staggered” basis every four years. That is, the Mayor and two Commissioners are elected in 2009, and three Commissioners were elected in 2007, etc.
Highlands School, a K-12 institution, is located inside the city limits and is actively supported by the community. The curriculum is academically based, with an exceptional student-teacher ratio. Students from recent graduating classes have been accepted to such distinguished schools as: Columbia, Wake Forest, UNC-Chapel Hill and Georgetown.
Top Three Waterfalls
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1.Whitewater Falls
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2.Cullasaja Falls
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3.Dry Falls
Founded, as the story goes, in 1875 by Samuel Kelsey and Clinton Hutchinson, who drew two lines, one between Chicago and Savannah - the other between New Orleans and New York (the major hubs of the time). The intersecting point, they reasoned, would be the "central" location for people of the south and northeast to escape the heat during the summer season. This point being in excess of 4000 feet above sea level was aptly named Highlands.
Highlands, N.C. - 28741 - is just two hours northeast of Atlanta, GA, but light years away when it comes to lifestyle.
Situated at an elevation of 4,118 feet above sea level, Highlands, North Carolina is at the southern tip of the Smoky Mountains. Life here is sheltered from the buffeting storms of the outside world - a place to escape.
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