Forested Land in Haywood County, NC

Haywood County's forests are among the richest in the southern Appalachians. The Cataloochee Valley — once farmland, now elk habitat — shows what happens when the forest reclaims mountain land. Oak-hickory forests dominate the mid-elevations, transitioning to northern hardwoods and spruce above 5,000 feet along the Parkway. LandMatch maps forest cover percentage on every parcel using NLCD satellite data, helping you find the wooded mountain tracts that define WNC.