Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University (WCU) is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States.
Latitude and longitude of Franklin, North Carolina
Satellite map of Franklin, North Carolina
Franklin is a town in Franklin Township, Macon County, North Carolina, United States, within the Nantahala National Forest. The population was 3,845 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Macon County. Franklin is an official Appalachian Trail-friendly destination.
Population: 3,845
Latitude: 35° 10' 56.35" N
Longitude: -83° 22' 53.54" W
Articles of interest in Franklin, North Carolina
48 Articles of interest near Franklin, North Carolina, United States
Show all articles in the mapHighlands, North Carolina
Highlands is an incorporated town in Macon County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest, it lies mostly in southeastern Macon County and slightly in sout…
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Cullowhee /ˈkʌlʌhwiː/ is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Cullowhee is best known for being the home of Western Carolina University (WCU). The population was 9,428 as of the 2010 census. The area know…
Franklin, North Carolina
Franklin is a town in Franklin Township, Macon County, North Carolina, United States, within the Nantahala National Forest. The population was 3,845 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Macon County. Franklin is an official Appalachian Tr…
Jackson County, North Carolina
Jackson County is a county located in the southwest of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Macon County, North Carolina
Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Nantahala National Forest
The Nantahala /næntəˈheɪlə/ National Forest, established in 1920, is a national forest located in the American state of North Carolina. The word "Nantahala" is a Cherokee word meaning "Land of the Noonday Sun." The name is appropriate as, in some sp…
Nantahala River
The Nantahala /næntəˈheɪlə/ River is a river in western North Carolina in the United States, within the Nantahala National Forest, and near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Two-lane U.S. Highway 19/74, once part of the Trail of Tears, runs …
Dillsboro, North Carolina
Dillsboro is a town in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. The town is a popular tourist location, at which visitors tend to stop on their way into the Great Smoky Mountains. The town of Sylva is located just one mile (1.6 km) east of Dil…
Cullasaja Falls
Cullasaja /kuːlʌˈseɪdʒʌ/ Falls is a waterfall in southwestern North Carolina. The waterfall is located on the Cullasaja River in the Nantahala National Forest and is part of the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway.
Sky Valley, Georgia
Sky Valley is a town in Rabun County, Georgia, United States and is nestled in a scenic mountain valley on the northwest slopes of Rabun Bald, Georgia's second-highest peak.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School (informally known as Rabun Gap) is a small, private college preparatory school located in Rabun County, Georgia in the Appalachian Mountains. It is both a boarding and a day school. It is notable for initiating the Foxfire…
Dillard, Georgia
Dillard is a city in Rabun County, Georgia, United States.
Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County)
Bridal Veil Falls is a 45-foot (20.1 m) waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina.
Whiteside Mountain
Whiteside Mountain is a mountain in Jackson County, North Carolina between Cashiers, Highlands, North Carolina, and the Georgia border. Whiteside Mountain can boast the highest cliffs in Eastern North America.
Dry Falls (North Carolina)
Dry Falls, also known as Upper Cullasaja Falls, is a 65-foot (20.1 m) waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina.
Scaly Mountain, North Carolina
Scaly Mountain (separate of near-easterly big / little Scaly Mountains, per se - see External link below) is also a small unincorporated community along North Carolina highway 106, southwest of Highlands, North Carolina and northeast of Dillard, Geo…
Nikwasi
Nikwasi (also spelled Nequasee, Nequassee, Nucassee, Noucassih, etc.) is a prehistoric archaeological site with a platform mound, constructed by the Mississippi culture about 1000CE. When the Cherokee migrated into the area about the 1500s, they set…