Base Camp Cullowhee gives Western Carolina University students two choices of wild week-long adventures this Fall Break. Andrew Blease, Base Camp Cullowhee’s adventure guide, talked about the trips Base Camp Cullowhee is offering. “We’re [Base Camp Cullowhee] going to the Outer Banks and Red River Gorge located in Kentucky,” reported Blease.
Graveyard Fields is a land lost in time. The trail takes hikers through mountains, fields and waterfalls for the best of all worlds. Those looking for an easy to moderate hike will be pleasantly surprised by all Graveyard Fields has to offer. Graveyard Fields is located off of the Blue Ridge Parkway, headed toward Asheville.
Pinnacle Park is a well-maintained 1,100-acre area in Sylva where several miles of hiking trails can be found. By taking a left past the McDonald’s onto Skyland Drive, drivers are on their way to the trailhead. After a few miles, turn left onto Fischer Creek, which dead ends at the parking lot of Pinnacle Park.
I look out at the scenery before me. I'm 5,946 feet up and I see history sleeping below me. Where can I go to see breathtaking views, history, fame, rarity and adventure? I didn't go to New York City, Rome, Paris, or Greece. I went to Grandfather Mountain in Linville, N.C., about three hours from Western Carolina University.
One of the things I love the most about Western Carolina University is that there are almost endless opportunities for outdoor fun. Whether your favorite outdoor activity is hiking, backcountry camping, swimming, kayaking, or even rock climbing, there are dozens of places you could go within 45 minutes of Cullowhee.
Whitewater Falls, a few miles outside of Cashiers, North Carolina, offers the biggest waterfall east of the Mississippi River. The waterfall, at 411 feet tall, taller than Niagara Falls, is comparable to many beautiful waterfalls throughout the world.
If you take Highway 74 and drive for twenty five minutes or so, you'll get to one of the most popular white water rafting/kayaking locations in the country—The Nantahala River. The Nantahala River gets over 250,000 people annually who have fun paddling through its eight mile stretch of class II and class III rapids.
One of the driving forces in the settlement of this country was the pursuit of wealth. Settlers pushed ever deeper into the unknown wilderness, as rumors of gold and other precious minerals reached civilized lands. Today, gem mining in areas like Franklin offers the public a chance to experience the search that drove their ancestors, as well as the slight possibility of striking it rich.
Flat Rock, North Carolina is the home of America's poet, Carl Sandburg. An ideal spot for literary and nature fanatics, a trip to the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in North Carolina is a chance to sample the peaceful life led by Sandburg himself.
Unto These Hills, an event located in the mountains of Cherokee, NC is the second largest running-outdoor drama in the United States. Work began in 1948 to create the drama, and it is now celebrating its 60-year anniversary of the historical retelling of the life of the Cherokee Indian, then and now.
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