Highlands North Carolina

Shannon and I have a
getaway home in Highlands,
NC. Ever been to Highlands
North Carolina? Incredible
place for running, cycling,
hiking...oh yeah...and
RELAXING!!! If you don't
know much about it, start
with this CNN.com post.

...sits at 4118 ft. in elevation

...is a very easy 2 hour drive from
Atlanta

...has no fast food
restaurants!!!

...is completely surrounded by the
Nantahala National Forest

...is one of North America's only
temperate rain forests

Highlands Weather

Because this is where I do most of my weekend running, biking and hiking, here

Directions are pretty easy to 555. From town (Main Street) take 64 like you're going to Cashiers and
about 2 miles down Hwy 64 you'll see a sign for Skyline Lodge and if you look real close, you'll see a
moose sitting on that sign drinking a martini! This is Flat Mountain Road. Take it and go about a mile
til you cross over a bridge where the road forks. Go right. You climb for another mile and about the
time the road levels out you'll see a sign on your left and an entrance to Flat Mountain Estates. It's a
private dead end road...18 miles an hour please...that runs for about a mile. 555 is about .8 up on
the right. All are welcome!!