Your High South Adventure must include our Hiking Trails! The Cashiers - Highlands - Western North Carolina area boast some of the most picturesque hiking trails in the United States. The first three hikes are the most popular and relatively easy.
The trail takes you on a hike to 4,940 ft. elev. along the eastern Continental Divide, which offers spectacular views from a high ridge top, 2,100' above the valley floor. Whiteside Mt. has the highest sheer cliffs in the Eastern US.
Length: 2 mi. loop.
Rating:Easy to moderate
Trail Head:
Whiteside Mt. parking area.
Hiking Tips:
-Do not hike alone
-Have a charged cell phone with you
-Watch your footing, there can be roots and loose rocks on the trails
-Allow more time than you think!
-Have Fun!
This trail takes the hiker through a pleasant forest of hardwoods and pines to one of the spectacular waterfalls of the Blue Ridge Escarpment. As Overflow Creek plunges over the ledge below one of the East's highest towns, you really get two falls in one. It forms two distinct tiers of falls totaling over 200' in height, each with an entirely different look and feel. Makes for an excellent half-day hike, and it's a great trail for familes and older children.
Length: 1.1 mile
Rating: More difficult
Trail head:
Glen Falls Parking Area
With over 80 miles of hiking trails, DuPont State Park also has several waterfalls that must be seen! Used as a film site during the blockbuster Hunger Games Movie, DuPont State Park is a must visit whether for an hour or a day!
One of North Carolina’s long-distance trails and one of the state’s great hiking treasures. The trail stretches 100 miles starting in South Carolina, passing into Georgia, and ending in the Nantahala National Forest of North Carolina.There's plenty of terrific day hikes along the trail, one popular in the Cashiers-Highlands area is the:
Bartram Overflow Creek Loop
Length: 3.5 mile loop
Rating: More difficult
Trail head:
The Osage Overlook