About the Area

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Up here, we call it high country living.  It’s a land of contrasts with sprawling valleys and high mountain peaks, where the seasons offer up every color of leaf and flower, sky and water.

Quaint towns balance vibrant cities, and biscuits and gravy are just down the street from that little café with the Portobello sandwich.  Looking for nouveau art, handsome antiques or the finest handicrafts

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you’ve ever seen?  They’re all around you -- in Sylva and Cashiers, in Asheville and Highlands and all of those wonderful places in between.

Then there’s the “list of things we want to do.”  Snow ski or water ski?  Sailing or canoeing?  Golf or tennis?  Or shhhhhh?  Take a quiet hike, dip your feet in a cool mountain stream or pick your favorite spot for fly fishing. 

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You have seasons to wander and a lifetime of choices, but you’ll always enjoy
coming back through that gatehouse, coming back to your home at Mount Wilderness. 

 

Find more information about
colleges and culture, festivals and folklore
at the following sites: