Highlands has fairly easy access to a number of other towns in the tri-state area including Brevard, Murphy, and Cherokee/Bryson City in North Carolina; Hiawassee, Helen, and Tallulah Falls in ...

Illustrated map by Sam Brewster Situated on a mountain plateau in western North Carolina, some 4,000 feet above sea level, the four-stoplight town of Highlands is no secluded hamlet. Dubbed the ...