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❄️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
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Its #waterfallwednesday Can you name this waterfall?

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

🌲 Tag us in your #highlandsnc pics

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

📍 Silver Run Falls

Nothing beats spending the weekend exploring nature and taking in the beauty of waterfalls. Here's your weekend waterfall itinerary:
Start from Highlands and head down U.S. 64 West, the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway. You can see four sequential waterfalls: Bridal Veil, Dry Falls, Bust Your Butt and Cullasaja!

Meet Scadin Falls, located in the #CullasajaGorge and named after a prolific #WNC photographer during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Every raindrop is on a journey. Make #HighlandsNC part of yours. 💧

#glenfalls #glenfallsnc #ncwaterfalls #visithighlandsnc #heightofhappiness

📷: @natescales

Here comes the Bridal Veil. 👰🏼

When you have so many waterfalls that you don't even have to hike to see them. 🥾👰
📷: @parrothead2514
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Shhh! Can you name this waterfall? This gorgeous 📷 was taken in-between last week's rains by @philevansdesign.

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Our breathtaking #CullasajaFalls is the last waterfall on the gorge as it travels down along Hwy. 64.

#VisitHighlandsNC #HeightofHappiness #CullasajaRiver

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The trail to #RangerFalls begins in #CliffsideRecreationArea in #HighlandsNC. Put this one on your list! ☑️
📷: @erichaggartimagery
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Surrender to the trails, waterfalls and adventures. Here's how ➡️ https://loom.ly/jCCtUiU

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📸: @nevergrowbored

The #HeightofHappiness as explained by 📸.

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Perspective is everything! Can you guess which #HighlandsNC waterfall this is?

#HeightofHappiness #VisitHighlandsNC #HighlandsWaterfalls

📷 : @carolinaswaterfallchaser

Rain or shine, we're feelin' fine in #HighlandsNC ☔️ ⠀
Happy #RainDay! ⠀

day*streaming* of cooling down from the summer heat in #HighlandsNC 🙇‍♂️💭

📸: @chris.s.66

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We see trees of green & waterfalls, too 🌲💧

Discover the 🎶wonderful world🎶 of #HighlandsNC: https://loom.ly/AmjhFx4

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With its ancient granite mountains and abundant rainfall, it’s no surprise that #HighlandsNC has become a national waterfall destination. ⠀

*Rushing* to #HighlandsNC to get a picture of this waterfall 💦🏃‍♂️

📸: @_ainsley_smith

#rush

"THIS is where you work?!"

It's #NationalTakeYourDogtoWorkDay — which looks a lot like this in #HighlandsNC 🐶

📸: @onlyfeather

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🥾West Fork of the Tuck Waterfalls EcoTour🥾
Friday, June 24 | 9:30am
Join Highlands Cashiers Land Trust for a guided hike to view two beautiful waterfalls that flow into the West Fork of the Tuckasegee Gorge. We will start our adventure at the Shoal Creek Road trail entrance and hike a trail through a rich cove forest along the river.

Summer in #Highlands — how we *mist* you!

📸: @horseinabar

#HeightOfHappiness

It's #NaturePhotographyDay, and #HighlandsNC is the perfect muse 📸

https://www.highlandschamber.org/surrender/explore-nature/

📸: @benjamin__photographer, @brickandbloomco, @lytlephotography

#HeightOfHappiness

This beautiful #HighlandsNC waterfall: 🎶You're gonna hear me roar🎶 🐯

📸: @_ainsley_smith

#HeightOfHappiness

The only place we'd want to be on #WorldEnvironmentDay is #HighlandsNC 🌱

📸: @taylorledford25

#HeightOfHappiness

#DYK: The forests surrounding #HighlandsNC are considered a Rainforest? That's one of the reasons we have so many Waterfalls!

📸: @dead_head93

We found the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and it's this perfect view 😍

📸: @gotheretrythat

No words... just majesty.

📸: @carolinaswaterfallchaser

“There’s no better place to find yourself than sitting by a waterfall and listening to its music.” - Roland R Kemler

📸: @busyemptynester

Kicking off our our Monday with the perfect Waterfall views 😍

📸: @seniad18

You can't have Spring in #HighlandsNC without "ring" 💍

Name the best proposal spots in Highlands – go! ⤵️

📸: @annah.riedel.photography

Member Spotlight: 200 Main by Old Edwards

Have some of the area's more popular spots to yourselves with a mid-week stay at 200 Main.

Live streaming from #HighlandsNC 🎥

(literally)

📸: @chris.s.66

The perfect day includes:
A waterfall ✅
A best friend ✅

Who are you chasing waterfalls with in #HighlandsNC?

📸: @we.the.wanderers

A winter wonderland waterfall straight out of our dreams ❄️💭

How many icicles do you see? 👀

Some ~moody~ Waterfall Wednesday magic ✨

📸: @christiina_hurley

OK, Dry Falls – you have our attention 😍

📸: @jon.woodman

Comment when you see it 🌈🔍

#HighlandsNC: Even better than the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow! 🍀

📸: hikepinedrinkwinelauren

Oh, to be gazing at Sequoyah Falls on a Friday afternoon... 💭

#FunFact: You can check out this spot – no hiking required! Head to the link in our bio to find out how 🔗
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“There's no better place to find yourself than sitting by a waterfall and listening to its music.” — Roland R. Kemler

📸: @waterfall_hillbilly
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We think you're pretty swell ☺️

Happy #WorldKindnessDay from #HiglandsNC 💚
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We heard somewhere that Free Fallin' by @tompettyofficial was written about #HighlandsNC 😉

📸: @thejeffbean
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If you listen closely, you can hear this river rushing through your phone.
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#DYK: Rivers were the original 💧streaming💧 service 😉
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“There is a hidden message in every waterfall. It says, if you are flexible, falling will not hurt you!” Mehmet Murat Ildan

📸: @placidspaces
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Some #Waterfall Friday magic ✨

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Every route is the scenic route in #HighlandsNC 🌲

📸: @willmalone
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Sorry TLC, we chased the waterfall.

📸: @zeldaandclarence
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POV: You're a bird flying over the falls in #HighlandsNC 🦅

📸: @eifelkreutz
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We fall for this view every time — ✨water✨fall, that is. 🌿

📸: @efetty704
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Pop quiz: Can you name that waterfall? Let us know in the comments ⤵️

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Friday #GoldenHour just hits different ✨

📸: @photographybypooja
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“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.” – Unknown

Happy #FathersDay from #HighlandsNC 💚
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Put down the phone, go outside and find something that makes you feel powerful, curious and alive.

📸: @smcnierney
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We love finding new, magical spots exploring the #HeightOfHappiness 🏞
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Views for days 😍

📸: @linorandthewolf
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“Just let go – and fall like a little waterfall.” – Bob Ross 👨‍🎨
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“Grace is finding a waterfall when you were only looking for a stream.” - Vanessa Hunt

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Picture perfect 🏞

📸: @mr.bootstraps / @jessicawillisfisher
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