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Cherokee NC Visitor
Guide
cabins, vacation rentals,
mountain inns
Florida's Carolina Connection
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Cherokee
NC
is a fascinating blend of modern
tourism and a traditional Indian
community - can one survive
today without the other? Don't
let Cherokee's
many strip shopping centers or
casino distract you from the
beauty of a people whose
lifestyle began over 8,ooo years
ago. Visit the
Cherokee Indian Museum, the Oconaluftee Indian Village and Unto These Hills,
a live theatre re-telling the
Cherokee history. Stay in a
Cherokee NC cabin and enjoy the
pristine beauty of the Great
Smoky Mountains. |
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Cherokee NC cabins, vacation rentals |
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 Dancing
Stones Log Cabin is an 1800s
restored mountain view log
cabin
with wood-burning fireplace, AC, waterfall fountain,
rocking chairs, cable TV/ DVD, full kitchen,
WIFI. Sleeping loft with 1
full-sized bed. Located on the Cherokee Indian
Reservation near the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. $75 night, $450 week.
Click HERE for cabin photos and availability
calendar |
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Cabin retreat near Cherokee and the
Great Smoky Mountains - 3
bedrooms, 2 baths, sleeps 6. Great view of a
mountain stream from the hot tub. Fireplace,
WIFI, video games, swing set. Located on a
rushing creek with a beautiful view of the
distant mountains.
Get details |
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 Cherokee Cabin with
hot tub -
3
bedrooms, 3 baths, sleeps 6.
Beautiful views of the Smokies,
hot tub, wood-burning fireplace,
charcoal grill.
See photos and check availability |
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| Additional Cabins
and Vacation Rentals: |
Crystal Creek Cabins
with Hot
Tubs near Harrah's Casino
(Whittier)
Cabin in the Smokies
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2 bds, 1.5 ba, hot tub,
fireplace, from $79.95
Camp Davis Vacation Home
- large mountain view home, $200
night
Carolina
Mountain Vacations
- a variety of Smoky Mountain
cabin rentals
Cherokee Cabin Rentals -
2 bd log cabin rentals, hot tubs
Craig's Cabins at Cherokee
Campgrounds - walk to
downtown
Great Smoky Mountains Log Cabin Rentals
- 1-4 bd rentals from $89
Mountain Laurel Hideaway
- 2 bd + loft, porch, from $75
night
North Carolina Getaway – 3 bd, fireplace, from $75 night
Panther Creek Resort -
creekside decks, firepits,
trails, picnic tables
Smoky Mountains Getaways
- a variety of rentals
throughout the area
Yellow Rose Realty - a
variety of rentals throughout
the area |
| get links
for these rentals from
info@ClimbEveryMountain.com |
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Cherokee NC Mountain Inns, Lodges, B&Bs |
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Harrah's
Cherokee Casino and Hotel - The 21 story
hotel offers 1108 guest rooms including hair dryers,
coffee makers and 42-inch HDTVs. There are eight
suites in the Mountain Tower, 21 suites in the Soco
Tower and 78 suites in Creek in Creek Tower opened
in April 2011. Common amenities include indoor
swimming pool, fitness room, free parking, onsite
restaurants. Restaurants include Paula Deen's
Kitchen and the Lobby Cafe. Casino action ranges
from brand-new games and slots to dazzling favorites
like Digital Blackjack and Baccarito. Rates from
$79.
Check current rates and availability |
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Hampton Inn Cherokee -
Guest rooms, complimentary breakfast, seasonal
outdoor pool, laundry facilities, WIFI, express
check-in and check-out. Rates from $76.
Check current rates |
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River's Edge Motel -
21 recently remodeled guest rooms with coffee
maker, some with balconies overlooking the
Oconaluftee River. WIFI, pet friendly. Located
in the heart of Cherokee.
Check rates and availability |
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Baymont Inn Cherokee -
67 guest rooms with WIFI, microwave,
mini-fridge, coffee maker and free continental
breakfast. Seasonal outdoor pool, complimentary
lobby newspaper, microwave, elevator,
wheelchair-accessible.
Check current rates |
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Comfort Suites Cherokee -
91 guest suites with microwave, mini fridge,
coffee maker, in-room safe, phone, WIFI.
Complimentary breakfast, seasonal outdoor pool
and a spa tub, laundry facilities. Rates from
$80.
Get details and current rates |
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Pink Motel -
20 guest rooms with pink tiled bathrooms and
pink sheets - a charming throwback to the 50s
and referred to as "the best little hotel in
Cherokee". All rooms located on the Oconaluftee
River, Pet friendly, porch and picnic tables
overlooking the river.
Check rates and availability |
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Holiday Inn express Hotel and Suites
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93 guest rooms with 18 suites. Room
windows open. Seasonal outdoor pool, common area
Internet, Fitness facilities, business services,
Handicapped accessible. Rates from $85.
Check current rates and availability |
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Microtel Inn Suites Cherokee - Guest
rooms with coffee makers, windows that open,
safes, WIFI, desks, phones, premium cable TV.
Complimentary breakfast. Seasonal outdoor pool,
picnic tables, laundry facilities, elevator.
Get current rates and availability |
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Magnuson Hotel Great Smokies - guest
rooms with coffee makers, hair dryers, flat
panel TVs with movies, phone, WIFI, some with
fridge and microwave. Onsite restaurant,
seasonal outdoor pool, business center, room
service during limited
hours.
Check rates |
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Quality Inn Cherokee
Guest rooms
with coffee maker, WIFI, phone, newspaper, cable
TV. Complimentary breakfast, seasonal outdoor
pool, gift shop / newstand, lobby fireplace.
Check availability and current rates |
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Cherokee Lodge Motel 1593 Acquoni Road
Cherokee NC
Frontier Motor Lodge & Cabin Rentals
55 Casino Trail
Cherokee, NC
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Cherokee NC Campgrounds, RV Parks,
Camping |
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Adventure Trail Campground
Cherokee NC
Cherokee KOA 92 KOA Campground Road
Cherokee, NC
Craig's Cabins and Cherokee Campground
US 441, Cherokee NC
Happy Holiday RV Park & Campground 1553 Wolfetown Rd
Cherokee NC
Indian Creek Campground 1367 Bunches Creek Road, Cherokee NC
River Valley Campground Big Cove Road, Cherokee NC
Yogi Bear's Camp Resort 317 Galamore Rd
Cherokee NC |
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Restaurants, Entertainment in
or near
Cherokee
NC |
Chestnut Tree Restaurant
Highway 19 N, Holiday Inn
Cherokee NC
Granny's Kitchen
1098 Painttown Road Cherokee NC
Happy New Restaurant
1655 Acquiona Road, Cherokee NC
Hard Hat Cafe
778 Painttown Road Cherokee,
NC 828-497-3233
Ice Cream Station 45
Big Cove Rd.- Saunooke Village
Cherokee 828-508-1735
Old Fashioned Soco Diner
858 Paint Town Road, CHerokee
NC
Newfoundland Lodge
Restaurant 1301 Tsali
Blvd, Hwy 441 N, CHerokee NC
Peter's Pancakes
and Wafflesspan
1384 Tsali Blvd Cherokee,
NC 828-497-5116
Paul's 1111 Tsali
Blvd., Hwy 441 S, Cherokee NC
Tribal Grounds Coffee 938
Tsalagi Rd (Main Shop)Cherokee
NC |
 Unto
These Hills
is an outdoor drama presenting
the history of the Cherokee
Indians in a beautiful
Mountainside Theatre, mid-June
thru late August each year.
2011 Season Dates: June 3 -
August 13, Monday - Saturday at
7:30 PM. In 2006, “Unto These
Hills” began a new script, new
director, new score, new
choreography, new set design,
new costuming and new cast
members all aimed at conveying
a more culturally authentic,
historically accurate and
Cherokee-centered experience.
The new play traces the Cherokee
people through the aeons,
through the zenith of their
power, through the heartbreak of
the Trail of Tears, finally
ending, appropriately, in the
present day, where the Cherokee
people, much like their newly
re-scripted drama, continue to
rewrite their place in the
world.
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Cherokee Bear Zoo
& Exotic Animals 1204 Tsalagi Road, Cherokee NC
Cherokee Phoenix Theatre
91 Sequoyah Trail, Cherokee NC
Harrah's Casino 777 Casino Drive, Cherokee NC |
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Cherokee NC Shops, Services |
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886 Old Mill 3082 U.S. Hwy 441, Cherokee NC |
Buck & Squaw
Crafts Inc.
100 Main St (US 19N) Cherokee,
NC 828-497-9351
Cherokee Outpost
498 Tsali Boulevard. Cherokee NC
Great Smokies Gifts 14 Big Cove Rd Cherokee, NC
828-497-7585
Heavenly Fudge Shoppe, Inc. 27 Big Cove Road,
Cherokee NC
Indian Summer Gifts & Tube Rentals
833 Tsali Blvd.,
Cherokee 866-317-2975
Little Bear Leather
983 Tsalagi Road
Cherokee, NC 828-497-7276
Saunooke's Mill located at
the Cherokee entrance to the GSMNP
Southwest Sales/Qualla Jewelers 498 Tsali Boulevard, Cherokee NC
Smoky Mountain Trader Inc. 498 Tsali Boulevard, Cherokee NC
Unique Gift Outlet 1655 Acquoni Rd., Cherokee NC |
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Find Cherokee NC
real estate for sale |
Search ALL
homes and land for sale
in the Cherokee NC MLS |
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Find more NC
Homes
or
NC Land for sale |
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Map of Cherokee NC |
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Sports, Outdoor
Activities |
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Trout Fishing on the Cherokee
Reservation
Some of the best
fishing in the North Carolina mountains
can be found int Cherokee NC. 30
miles of streams on the Cherokee Indian
Reservation are regularly stocked to add
nearly 400,000 to the naturally existing
population of fish.
Throughout the season, fishing is
allowed from one-half hour before
sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
Creek limit is ten trout per day per
permit holder. For those interested in
experiencing fishing on the reservation
other than in the streams, three
well-stocked ponds are located on Big
Cove Road in front of the KOA
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Mingo Falls
is on the
Cherokee Indian Reservation (Qualla
Boundary), just outside Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. The 120 foot
tall waterfall is one of the tallest and
most spectacular in the southern
Appalachians. The hike to the waterfall
is 0.4 miles, but considered moderate
in difficulty. Access Trail: Pigeon
Creek Trail Trailhead: From Oconaluftee
Visitor Center, drive south (toward
Cherokee) on US-441 and take the second
left onto Big Cove Road. At the first
stop sign turn left and drive 4.5 miles
to Mingo Falls Campground, where the
trail begins. No special permits are
required for access to the reservation. |
Blue Ridge Outing Company
Cherokee Rapids
Tubing, kayaking
End of the Trail Horseback Riding
828-497-4803
Sequoyah National Golf Club
79 Cahons Road, Whittier NC
Oconaluftee Islands Park
Smokemont Riding Stables
135 Smokemont Riding Stable Rd, Cherokee
Smoky Mountain Gold & Ruby Mine
HYW 442 N, downtown Cherokee NC
Smoky Mountain Tube and Raft
1847 Tsali Boulevard, Cherokee NC |
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Cherokee NC area Attractions |
 The
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
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begins your trip through the Museum of
the Cherokee Indian. Totally renovated
in 1998, the new museum tells the story
of the Cherokee people using high-tech
wizardry along with an extensive
artifact collection. Follow the "Trail
of Tears" and learn about the
language, customs and crafts of a
remarkable civilization and people. |
 Oconaluftee
Indian Village
The wood smoke drifting on the breeze
isn't like any you've smelled before.
It's not the pure tang of hardwood
burned for heat. Nor is it the aroma of
a cooking fire, fragrant with baking
bread or bubbling broth or roasting
meat. There's something earthy about
this fire, because it's smoldering pitch
pine, firing local Cherokee clay into
gleaming blackware pottery. Then again,
all the sights, sounds, and scents
surrounding you today are novel. In the
Oconaluftee Indian Village, it's 1750. |
 Cherokee
Heritage Trail -
From the serene
peaks of the Balsams to the muddy banks
of the Little Tennessee River, Cherokee
Heritage Trails wind through the
southern Appalachians, telling the story
of the Cherokee people, Ani-Kituhwa-gi,
who once commanded all of the Southern
Appalachians. Although most of the
Cherokee were forcibly removed to
Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears in 1838,
a small group remained in their
homeland, becoming the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians. Today they own about
57,000 acres - the Qualla Boundary, a
remnant of their ancestral lands. |
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Smoky Mountains National Park - 2009
was the 75th anniversary of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park. Ridge
upon ridge of endless forest straddles the
border between
North Carolina and Tennessee in Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
World renowned for the diversity of its
plant and animal life, the beauty of its
ancient mountains, and the quality of
its remnants of Southern Appalachian
mountain culture, this is America's most
visited national park.
Mountain Farm Museum at the
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
is a unique collection of farm buildings
assembled from locations throughout
 the
Park. Explore a log farmhouse, barn,
apple house, springhouse, and a working
blacksmith shop to get a sense of how
families may have lived 100 years ago.
Most of the structures were built in the
late 19th century and move to the
current location in the 1950s. The Davis
House offers a rare chance to view a log
house built from chestnut wood before
the chestnut blight decimated the
American Chestnut in our forests during
the 1930s and early 1940. The
Oconaluftee River Trail begins at the
farm and follows the River for 1.5 miles
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Cades Cove
Cades Cove is a lush valley surrounded
by mountains and one of the most popular
destinations in the Great Smokies. A
wide array of historic buildings dating
back to the late 19th and early 20th
centuries is scattered through-out the
cove. These include a grist mill, a
variety of barns, three churches, and a
collection of log homes and
outbuildings. A wide array of historic
buildings dating back to the late 19th
and early 20th centuries is scattered
through-out the cove. A visitor center
(open daily), restrooms, and the Cable
Mill historic area are located half-way
around the 11 mile loop road. |
Santa's Land Family Theme Park &
Zoo Open May through
October, 7 days a week. See a magic show
in the Jungle Bell Theatre, Get a photo
made with Santa,. Visit the zoo with
sheep, llamas, mccalls, turkeys, deer,
servals, rabbits, pigs, peacocks and the
bears. Hand feed the friendly deer. Ride
The Rudicoaster and Santa's Express
Train. Kids can drive in the Kiddie Car
Race, Santa's Helicopter ride, the
carousel, the big wheel or Whitebeard's
Lake paddle boats. This is an old style
fun park that the little ones love. |
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NC Attractions here |
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| Cherokee NC Galleries, Crafts |
Qualla
Arts and Crafts Mutual
- Founded in 1946 with the purpose
of preserving and advancing Cherokee
arts and crafts, the Qualla Arts &
Crafts Mutual, Inc., is today the oldest
and leading Native American Arts
cooperative in the United States. If
practice makes perfect, the beauty of
Cherokee arts and crafts today should
come as no surprise. The Cherokees
practice of pottery, basket weaving, and
tool-making go back ten thousand years.
Of course, we all descend from ancestors
who made the needed items of daily life
and celebration. Otherwise, we wouldn't
be here. Unlike most of us today, the
Cherokees are still in touch with their
ancient art and craft traditions. Now
you can be in touch as well, by bringing
home the available, affordable work of
contemporary Cherokee masters. |
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NC Galleries and crafts here |
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