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Cable Cove
Cheoah Trail
Fitness Trail
Hangover Lead
Joyce Kilmer
Lewellyn Cove
Lookout Rock
Mouse Branch
Naked Ground
Panther Creek
Rattler Ford
Santeetlah Creek
Slickrock Creek
Snowbird Nature
Stecoah Gap
Swan Cabin
Thompson
Tsali
Yellow Creek
Yellowhammer
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BOOKS
The following website and books
describe the available hiking trails in Graham County
and Western North Carolina.

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They also have a North
Carolina Page describing about 32 trails
throughout the state.
North Carolina Hiking
Trails, Third Edition, by Allen de Hart,
Appalachian Mountain Club Books, Boston,
Massachusetts, 1996.
Hiking Trails of Joyce
Kilmer-Slickrock and Citico Wilderness Areas
by Tim Homan, Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta.
Where Nature Reigns,
The Wilderness Areas of the Southern
Appalachians, by Jack Horan, Down
Home Press, Asheboro, N.C.
Maps
Good reference maps for hiking in
the Graham County, North Carolina area are:
Nantahala National
Forest, North Carolina, Recreation Guide
R8-RG3. General use map covering the entire
Nantahala National Forest.
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock
Wilderness and Citico Creek Wilderness,
Recreation Guide R8-RG22. More detailed map
of hiking and camping areas in this
wilderness area.
These maps are available
from the Cheoah Ranger District Headquarters
for a fee of from $2 to $5. Contact the U.S.
Forest Service for further information:
U.S. Forest Service
Cheoah Ranger District Headquarters
Route 1 Box 16-A
Massey Branch Road
Robbinsville, NC 28771
828-479-6431 FAX 828-479-6784
United States Department of
the Interior Geological Survey Maps,
Topographic Quardrangle 7.5 minute
series. Very detailed topographic maps
that depict approximately 3 mile by 4 mile
sections of the U.S.A.
1. Tapoco Quadrangle
149-NW
2. Fontana Dam Quadrangle 149-NE
3. Tuskeegee Quadrangle 158-NW
4. Noland Creek Quadrangle 158-NE
5. Big Junction Quadrangle 140-SE
6. Santeetlah Creek Quadrangle 149-NW
7. Robbinsville Quadrangle 149-SE
8. Hewitt Quadrangle 158-SW
9. Wesser Quadrangle 158-SE
10. McDaniel Bald Quadrangle 141-NE
11. Marble Quadrangle 150-NW
12. Andrews Quadrangle 150-NE
13. Topton Quadrangle 159-NW
Maps are available from the
following agencies:
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver, Colorado 80225
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, Virginia 22092
Tennessee Department of
Conservation
Division of Geology
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
U.S. Tennessee Valley
Authority
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401
The Department of the
Interior Geological Survey Maps are not
available from the Cheoah Ranger District
Headquarters.
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