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ransylvania County is a mashup of authentic, quaint mountain communities and wilderness destinations that are the heart of adventure for any visitor or resident.
“There’s an incredible amount of things to do,” says Clark Lovelace, executive director of the local tourism development authority. Transylvania County has long been known as “The Land of Waterfalls,” with some 250 waterfalls ranging from small and gentle to big, breathtaking plunges into mountain pools. Looking Glass Falls drops 60 feet amid a stunning crop of boulders and is one of the most photographed waterfalls in the country, while Sliding Rock is a natural waterslide where a quarter-million
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visitors each year careen down its long, slick surface into a sixfoot-deep pool at the bottom. The charm and appeal of the county’s seat, Brevard, MORE AT distinguishes it as an epicenter BEVERLY-HANKS.COM for outdoor adventures, City life got you down? Rural education, art, and music. living can also be luxury living More than half of the land in in the mountains of Transylvania is publicly owned, Transylvania County. Discover including 88,000 acres of four ways to live a luxury lifestyle in WNC outside city Pisgah National Forest, the limits at beverly-hanks.com/ 10,000-acre DuPont State Park, blog/wnc-luxury-rural. and the 7,600-acre Gorges State Park. The headwaters of the French Broad River, one of the oldest rivers in the world, are located near the town of Rosman, and the Davidson River, a renowned trout-fishing destination, flows through the national
