RECREATION

Lakes & Marinas

• Little Tennessee River
  US Highway 441 South
  828-369-5295
  This scenic river offers unparalleled wade fishing opportunities, smallmouth action, and breathtaking scenery. The river is also great for canoeing and tubing.

Recreation Areas

• Appletree Group Camp
  24 Miles West of Franklin on Andres Road
  828-524-6441
  Located on the Nantahala River and adjacent to several trails, this wilderness camp features four sites with restrooms and one shower facility and is available to groups of ten or more people by reservation only.

Equine

• Chunky Gal Stables
  10981 Highway 64 East • Franklin, NC 28904
  Hayesville
  828-389-4175
  You can enjoy guided horseback excursions through clean and scenic forest service trails at these stables that also offers horse training services, riding lessons, and short and long term boarding. more...  map

• Dillard House Stables
  105 Old Dillard Highway • Franklin, NC 30537
  Dillard, GA
  706-746-2038
  Horseback riding through beautiful and picturesque mountain trails that feature lush mountain forests, scenic overlooks, and majestic waterfalls is offered by these stables with experienced guides that can lead riders through thirty minute or one hour farm rides, one hour river rides, one and a half hour trail rides, or all day trail rides available.  more...

Fishing

• Turning Stones Fly Fishing, LLC CONTACT
  2504 Highlands Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  724-986-2652
  Turning Stones Fly Fishing, LLC offers fly fishing instruction, two day fly fishing schools, Steelhead fishing trips, over one mile of private trophy trout water, just minutes from Franklin and Highlands, NC and numerous other streams from delayed harvest water, like the Nantahala and the Tuckasegee, to high country wild trout fishing for wild browns and rainbows to native brook trout!  more...  map

• Andy's Trout Farm
  Betty's Creek Road • Dillard, GA 30537
  706-746-2550
  Located on 325 acres of scenic mountain land, this trout farm offers a great place to get away and enjoy nature and fishing. The hatchery offers, for a slight fee, the chance to catch your supper from their trout ponds, and also provides one or two-bedroom cabins that are set amidst beautiful wooded scenery and have kitchens stocked with the basics, combination bath and showers, and two double beds. Visitors can take to the lake in paddle boats, tour the hatchery, and children can enjoy a ride on Andy's Kiddie Train while visiting here. more...

• Aquatic Adventures
  1025 Bethel Church Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-524-7532
  Captain Fred Eldredge has been a resident of Franklin for over 30 years and is well trained in fly casting instruction and local flies and offers guided stream and lake trips for trout and bass. more...  map

• Fish and Game Management Enterprise
  P.O. Box 302 • Cherokee, NC828-497-5201
  Fishing is available year round on 30 miles of easily accessible trout streams at this location that is open from the last Saturday in March through the end of February.

• Franklin Fly Shack
  307 Highlands Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-524-7900
  Situated next to Fortune House, Franklin Fly Shack is a full fly fishing outfitter carrying all supplies to make your next trip a success. They also offer guided trips on all local streams.  map

• Great Smoky Mountain Fish Camp
  81 Bennett Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-369-5295
  At this fish camp, professional guides will lead fishing excursions on the Little Tennessee and Tuckaseegee Rivers. Other activities include canoe floats and rentals, mountain biking and bike rentals, guided hikes and campouts. There is also an RV park and campground on the banks of the Little Tennessee River. more...  map

• Mashburn Trout Farm
  2868 Ellijay Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-524-4764
  This large trout farm and hatchery offers visitors the chance to catch beautiful trout for a small fee.  map

Golf

• Franklin Golf Course
  255 First Fairway Drive • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-524-2288
  A nine hole, par 36 golf course with a 3,080-yard layout. Amenities include a putting green, pool, a fully stocked pro shop, snack bar, driving range, and a club repair shop.  more...  map

• Mill Creek Resort & Country Club
  341 Country Club Drive • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-524-6458, 800-533-3916
  Located in the Appalachian foothills of Western North Carolina, this 18 hole, par 72 championship golf course with tennis facilities is situated in a valley 2,500 feet above sea level. The course was designed by Bruce Devlin.  more...  map

• Parker Meadows Golf Course
  1272 Maxwell Home Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-369-8008
  A nine hole executive golf course.  map

• Sky Valley Golf & Ski Resort
  696 Sky Valley Way #1 • Sky Valley, GA 30537
  706-746-5303, 800-437-2416
  Sky Valley is an 18-hole championship golf course which lies in a mountain valley on the North Georgia and North Carolina line. Patrons will be surrounded by high mountains, streams, water falls, lakes, and lush vegetation. A driving range and a fully stocked pro shop are on site. more...  map

Hiking & Climbing

• Rufus Morgan Trail
  Forest Service Road 388
  828-524-3161
  This easy one mile loop trail passes through a cove hardwood stand, goes past a beautiful waterfall, and continues through a timber harvest unit.

• We Be Hiking
  231 Sloan Road • Franklin, NC 28744
  828-349-5210
  We Be Hiking provides guided half-day, full-day, and overnight backpacking hikes for women of all experience levels that are a challenge to the spirit, mind, and body. more...  map

Outfitters & Guides

• Great Smoky Mountains Fish Camp
  81 Bennett Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  828-369-5295
  Specializing in guided fishing trips on the Little Tennessee and Tuskaseegee Rivers, this full service outfitter and guide service also provides overnight trips and hikes in the National Park and offers canoe floats and rentals, as well as mountains and road bike rentals. An RV park and campground are also on site. more...  map

• Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters
  75 Mae Johnson Way • Franklin, NC 28901
  Located in Andrews
  828-321-2210
  Christian wilderness camp open year-round. Extreme sports include whitewater rafting, rappelling, mountain boarding, paintball, high and low ropes courses, and much more. Two worship services with a high-energy house band and three hot meals are provided daily. Housing in cabins, dorms, MASH-style tents.  more...

• Turning Stones Fly Fishing, LLC
  2504 Highlands Road • Franklin, NC 28734
  724-986-2652
  Turning Stones Fly Fishing, LLC offers fly fishing instruction, two day fly fishing schools, Steelhead fishing trips, over one mile of private trophy trout water, and numerous other streams from delayed harvest water, to high country wild trout fishing for wild browns and rainbows to native brook trout! With over 25 years of trout fishing experience in the Eastern Appalachian mountains and beyond, you will be taken on professionally guided wade fishing trips to the location which best fits your ability. All equipment is provided including rods, flies, waders, lunch, ect.   map

• Wildwater Ltd. Rafting
  1251 Academy Road • Franklin, NC 29658
  Long Creek, SC
  864-647-9587, 800-451-9972
  One of the finest whitewater rafting outfitters in the nation, this full service outfitter company specializes in professional whitewater rafting on the Chattanooga, Nantahala, Pigeon, and Ocoee Rivers. more...