Land Adjacent to Nantahala National Forest

Nantahala National Forest covers over 530,000 acres in the southwestern mountains of North Carolina, with its densest coverage in Macon and Jackson counties. The name comes from the Cherokee word for "land of the noonday sun" — a reference to the deep gorges where sunlight barely reaches. Parcels adjacent to the Nantahala border permanently wild land with world-class kayaking, hiking, and hunting. LandMatch verifies actual boundary adjacency using the Protected Areas Database.