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There's More To Do Here.

There's something for everyone in and around Franklin, North Carolina. In addition to white water adventure sports and trophy trout fishing, the area boasts a wide-array of area attractions! Visit a sapphire and ruby mine, or go on a self-guided tour in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. There's plenty of shopping, dining, sight-seeing and adventure seeking.

Area Attractions:​

1. Cherokee Ruby & Sapphire Mine
2. Wayah Bald Lookout Tower
3. Mason's Ruby & Sapphire Mine
4. Old Cardinal Gem Mine
5. Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum
​6. Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts
​7. Lazy Hiker Brewing Company
​8. Sheffield Mine
9. Pickens Nose
10. Rose Creek Mine
11. Rufus Morgan Falls
12. Cowee Mountain Ruby Mine
13. Scottish Tartans Musuem Musuem
​14. Little Tennessee River Greenway
15. Whistle Stop Depot