Tour 5: Robbinsville, Fontana, Almond, Nantahala Gorge

From the oldest trees in North Carolina to the jade fingers of Santeetlah Lake to the secrets of the Snowbird Cherokee medicine trail, the towns of Robbinsville, Fontana and Almond will introduce you to some of N.C.’s most storied people, while the Cherohala Skyway and Nantahala Gorge will take you to our state’s most stunning heights and depths.

Writers with a connection to this area: William Bartram, Olive Tilford Dargan, Gail Godwin, David Brendan Hopes, Horace Kephart, Marshall McClung, Robert Morgan, Duane Oliver and Ron Rash.