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HCLT releases new Ravenel Park trail map

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 24 Oct 202225 Oct 2022
  • News

The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust has been working tirelessly with professional illustrator, cartographer, and certified Blue Ridge Naturalist Ken Czarnomski to introduce to you a new print and electronic trail guide! Ravenel Park is home to Sunset […]

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Franklin man drowns at Big Shoals

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 28 Jul 2022
  • News

Franklin man Joseph Orr, 25, drowned at Big Shoals off Walking Stick Road on Saturday despite the efforts of Good Samaritans who tried to help. Big Shoals is an approximately 20-foot waterfall along Big Creek that is a popular […]

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Join HCLT’s Satulah-bration on Sept. 24

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 23 Sep 2021
  • News

Join your friends at Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust for their annual Satulah-bration, a free guided hike to the summit of Satulah Mountain Preserve on Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is required, instructions […]

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Volunteers making big progress building Kelsey Trail loop

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 6 Aug 2021
  • News

Volunteers have been working diligently since late 2020 to build the Kelsey Trail into a hike-able loop. Kelsey Trail is owned and maintained by the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and is located at the end of […]

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Join HCLT tomorrow for Bountiful Botany: Medicinal Plants of the Plateau

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 4 Jun 2021
  • News

Here on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and in the surrounding Southern Appalachians, people are lucky to be amongst an incredible diversity of plants. As spring has progressed with wildflowers popping up and a leafy canopy emerging […]

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Take the trail less traveled up Chinquapin Mountain

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 5 May 2021
  • News

Though it’s often bypassed for its flashier neighbor Glen Falls, Chinquapin Mountain offers a series of spectacles and a magnificent summit. Pictured below is Chinquapin Mountain with a dash of Little Scaly. Footage taken November […]

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Highlands Greenway workday at Kelsey Trail this Saturday

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 17 Mar 2021
  • News

In partnership with the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Highlands Plateau Greenway volunteers will be constructing a new loop trail in the Kelsey Trail Preserve. This beautiful-wooded preserve is blocks away from Main Street in Highlands and home […]

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Discover the magic of Secret Falls

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 20 Mar 2020
  • News

Secret Falls is a hidden gem nestled just south of downtown Highlands that makes for an excellent day hike. A half-mile hike leads to a multi-tiered Secret Falls off Horse Cove Road. Visitors can see […]

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Take a short jaunt to Picklesimer Rock House Falls in Highlands

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 14 Sep 201914 Sep 2019
  • News

Picklesimer Rock House Falls is not as grand as the vistas from Whiteside Mountain or the three-tiered cascading Glenn Falls, but it has a charm of its own nestled a half mile off the road […]

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Highlands Plateau Greenway closes in on finishing trail extension

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 3 Jul 201921 Aug 2020
  • News

Building a trail is a methodical-laborious process, but that didn’t stop a slew of volunteers who showed up to Highlands Plateau Greenway’s workday last month to get their hands dirty for a good cause. “It’s […]

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A ‘green’ link from Highlands to Cashiers

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 20 Jun 2019
  • News

A Greenway connecting Highlands and Cashiers is a lofty concept but there are folks who think it’s worth a try. In recent weeks, Mayor Pat Taylor has met with various members of the communities to […]

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Brushy Face Trail Extended to Complete the Loop

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 7 Jul 201813 Jul 2018
  • News

Through the efforts of over 30 volunteers, the second phase of the Brushy Face trail is complete making the trail an approximate 1.3 mile loop. John Akridge, trail coordinator for the project said the entire […]

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