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Waterfall season is creeping in 🌱 Don’t get me wrong! It’s always a good time to visit a waterfall. But as far as photos go, spring can be very productive with the vibrant, lush greens and high water. Fall is lovely, too, with fall colors but the water tends to be low. Some waterfalls are best with high water, some photograph better when the water is low. This is why it can be worthwhile to hire a guide.

❄️Happy Winter Solstice❄️ The official first day of winter!
The Winter Solstice marks the beginning of astronomical winter. We are tilted as far away from the sun as possible, making the Sun’s path across the sky as low as it can be.
This is the shortest day of the year, but don’t worry, after today, the days will be longer and brighter! ☀️
📷: Captured by @rjkarcher99
#visithighlandsnc #highlandsnc #heightofhappiness #wintersolstice #firstdayofwinter

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer by cooling off in mountain waters. Take a short hike to Little Sliding Rock, less than a thirty-minute drive from Highlands. To get there, head down 64 East from Highlands to Cashiers. When you reach the crossroads in Cashiers, head south on 107 to Whiteside Cove Road for 2.6 miles where the road crosses the Chattooga River. Pull over once you cross the bridge. Have you hiked to Little Sliding Rock?

@Onlyinyourstate lists 10 Best things to do in August in North Carolina...head to the link in bio to see what Highlands adventure makes the list!

It's #waterfallwednesday Check out this waterfall bucketlist from @gardenandgun Can you guess which one of our #highlandsnc waterfalls makes the list? See if you're right at the link in bio!

📷: Garden & Gun Magazine, courtesy of Visit NC

🌲 Discover the magic of Highlands, NC with @WNCMagazine! Read about Skyline Lodge, bears and of course waterfalls at the link in bio! 🐻❤️

🤫 We're spilling the secrets on SECRET FALLS (Big Shoals Falls)
Get out and celebrate the Year of the Trail with this hike to a beautiful waterfall!
From Main Street in Highlands, head down South 4th Street (it becomes Highway 28). Follow this road for 4.1 miles to Wilson Gap and take a left onto Rich Gap Road. Drive for 0.6 miles and then turn right onto Forest Service Road FR45670. Then follow this unpaved road for 1.75 miles to the "Big Shoals" (Secret Falls) parking area on the left! The trail is an old roadbed and then turns into a walking path, it descends to an old road where it crosses a creek. Take a right and follow this road. After a short distance, the trail turns left and leaves the roadbed. When you get closer to the waterfall, the trail will narrow and split. Continue straight on the main trail to the top of the falls. Head down the rough, steep final part of the trail until you reach the base of Secret Falls!
Have you been to Secret Falls?
📸: Captured by @efetty704

Want to go chasing waterfalls? @discoverthecarolinas lists ten of the most iconic waterfalls in North Carolina, and Highlands has TWO waterfalls on the list! Not only are we home to two waterfalls on the list, but most of the waterfalls named are within an hour of us!

See link in bio!

📷: Dry Falls in #HighlandsNC captured by Jamey Price

The beauty of nature on full display at Dry Falls
Captured by @jtm71

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Clear water and crisp air...those are some of our favorite things about the #heightofhappiness 🌲

📍 Silver Run Falls