Franklin And Highlands, North Carolina (NC) Waterfront Real Estate, Homes, Lots, Communities and Property

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Located on the Highlands Plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern North Carolina, The Highlands area has been blessed with unsurpassed natural beauty. This alpine community features a collection of mountain-view homes, log-cabins and building sites in beautiful forested neighborhoods and surrounding golf courses. Mountain real estate can be found in magnificent mountain-top settings, along fairways, near streams and waterfalls and overlooking clear lakes. Highlands, NC offers a luxurious collection of private golf and tennis communities as well as gated mountain living enclaves with homes that seem to touch the sky.

Perched at 4,000 feet above sea level, Highlands is the highest incorporated municipality east of the Mississippi River. In this extraordinary mountain retreat, nature is never far away- waterfalls, hiking trails, and numerous outdoor adventures await you. Explore the forests with all-terrain vehicle tours or thrill to a whitewater rafting expedition. Of course, there is always world-class golf, tennis, swimming, canoeing, and horseback riding in and around town.

With about 2,000 year-round residents and a summer population of nearly 25,000, Highlands offers a wide variety of real estate possibilities to help you enjoy the atmosphere of this historic mountain community. Whether you are looking for an investment property or a respite from city living, Highlands has everything you could want. From your mountain home, you don’t have to travel far for superb dining and entertainment. The charming downtown features cuisines from over twenty restaurants including five that received the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. There is a professional summer stock theater at the Highlands Playhouse, the Highlands/Cashiers Music Festival, the American Museum of Cut and Engraved Glass and other outstanding venues located in downtown.

Come and find yourself ‘above it all’ in the spectacular mountain community of Highlands.

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