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A listing of local people, places, things, and events to integrate into teaching and learning activities for Macon County.

Places Things Events Activities
Scottish Tartan Museum & Heritage Center A Brief History of Highlands Macon County Gemboree  
Macon County Historical Society & Museum Franklin Tailgate Market Pumpkin Fest Street festival  
The Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum American Local History Network for Macon County Nantahala Lake - displacement  
Macon County Cemeteries Franklin Press Nantahala Light & Power - displacement for power lines  
Macon County Public Library Franklin Area Information provided by Southern Highroads Trail Franklin's Annual Easter Egg Hunt  
National Register of Historical Places - Macon County Macon County online resource National Quilt Day  
Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands Visual Arts Center Macon County Schools Come-Fly-A-Kite Festival  
Highlands Nature Center Macon County Arts Council Macon Chili Day  
Ruby City Gems Franklin Chamber of Commerce Promenade On Main  
Otto, NC Highlands Newspaper Internet Directory Annual Mother's Day Gemboree  
Nantahala Lake/Dam Highlands Chamber of Commerce Cullasaja Gorge Fire & Rescue Annual Ramp Dinner  
John C. Campbell Folk School Highlands Plateau Audubon Society Annual Taste of Scotland  
Nikwasi Mound The Mountain Laurel - Magazine Historic Walking Tours of Franklin  
Highlands Biological Station Moonshine Stills Annual 4th of July Fireworks & Fun Day  
Wayah Bald Macon County - 4H Annual Early Farm Days Antique Engine & Tractor Show  
Bartram Trail Little Tennessee Watershed Association Annual Smoky Mountain Shrimp Boil  
Fun Factory Macon County News Macon County Fair  
Frogtown Burningtown News Annual Motown on the Green  
Macon County Recreation Park's Tobacco Fields Annual Smoky Mountain Fall Art & Craft Fest  
Standing Indian   Annual Leaf Looker's Gemboree  
Burningtown Community   Annual Pumpkin Fest  
Iotla Community - Peaceful Valley   Annual Hard Candy Christmas Art & Craft Show  
Cowee Community   Annual Franklin Christmas Parade  
Cullasaja Community   Annual Window Wonderland  
Cart Community   Folk moot  
Millshoal Flats   Descendants of Fontana Lake removal  
Rivers
  • Cullasaja
  • Nantahala
  • Little Tennessee
  Wagon Train  
Gem Mine's
  • Rose Creek
  • Jackson Hole
  Sweet corn Festival  
Winding Stairs      
Siler Bald      
Cliffside Lake      
Peek's Creek      
Coweeta Hydrologic Lab      
Teague's Cannery      
Spring Ridge Creamery      
Cowee Mountain      
Lake Emory      
Nantahala Power Plant      

 

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