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For those who may want to do more than just relax in on and around the lake,
the area provides a variety of indoor and outdoor entertainmanent choices.
- ATV Riding
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- Dining
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- Doyles Murphy, NC (828) 837-3400
- El Rio Mexican Restaurant Copperhill, TN (423) 496-1826
- The Longhouse Murphy, NC (828) 837-1762
- Michiko's Japanese Cooking Copperhill, TN (423) 496-9600
- Monte Alban Restaurante Mexicano Murphy, NC (828) 321-1802
- Mountain View Marina Grill Murphy, NC (828) 644-5451
- New Garden Restaurant Murphy, NC (828) 321-4915
- No Name Deli & Restaurant Murphy, NC (828) 321-4915
- Oak Barrel Restaurant Murphy, NC (828) 837-7803
- Festivals & Shows
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- Georgia Mountain Fair a fall festival.
- Unto These Hills Cherokee, NC - An outdoor drama telling the tragic story of how the Cherokee ancestors were forcefully driven out of the Great Smoky Mountains and marched 1,200 miles to Oklahoma.
- Gaming
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- Golf
- This area has some spectacular mountain golf.
- Brasstown Valley Resort 18 hole par 72 Young Harris, GA (800) 201-3205
- Butternut Creek Golf Course 18 hole par 72 Blairsville, GA (706) 745-5153
- Chatuge Shores Golf Course 18 hole par 72 Hayesville, NC (828) 389-8940
- Cherokee Hills Golf & Country Club 18 hole par 72 Murphy, NC (800) 334-3905
- Copper Basin Golf Club 9 hole Copperhill, TN (423) 496-3579
- Mountain Harbour Golf Course 18 hole par 72 Hayesville, NC (828) 389-4111
- Horseback Riding
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- Movie Cinemas
- Henn Theatre Murphy, NC (828) 837-2618
- Twin Cinema Blairsville, GA (706) 745-8222
- Twin Cinema Blue Ridge, GA (706) 632-7202
- Twin Cinema Andrews, NC (828) 321-3333
- National Parks & Forests
- The area's parks are a national treasure and great for a scenic drive, hiking, biking and picnics. Visit the National Park Service for more detailed information.
- Appalachian Trail - a 2,160 mile foot trail along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in the central Maine wilderness to Springer Mountain in a designated wilderness area in north Georgia.
- Blue Ridge Parkway - 469 miles of scenic roadway that connects the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee.
- Cherohala Skyway - crossing the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests from Robbinsville, NC to Tellico Plains, TN.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park - established in 1934, covers 520,408 acres of land with heights ranging from 840 feet at Abrams Creek to 6,643 feet at Clingmans Dome.
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest - a tribute to a hero whose poem "Trees" inspired millions. The Forest Service inauguarated the Little Santeelah as the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in 1935.
- Mountain Waters Scenic Byway - begins in Highlands traveling approximately 61 miles winding through southern Appalachian hardwood forests, by numerous waterfalls and lakes and through two river gorges.
- Nantahala National Forest - lies in the mountains and valleys of western North Carolina with elevations as high as 5,800 feet at Lone Bald in Jackson County, to a low 1,200 feet in Cherokee County along the Tusquitee River.
- Shopping, Antiques & Crafts
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- Cherokee County - includes the towns of Murphy, Andrews and Brasstown. Come find your "peace" of the mountains.
- Cherokee, NC - home to the Cherokee Indian Reservation.
- Copper Basin - the Copper Basin communities of Copperhill, Ducktown and McCaysville offer a small town atmosphere and a unique heritage.
- Gatlinburg, TN - The Heart of the Smokies.
- Helen, GA - re-creation of an alpine village famous for Oktoberfest.
- Pigeon Forge, TN - one of the fastest growing tourist cities in the South.
- Theme Parks
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- DollyWood Pigeon Forge, TN - escape to the unique world of Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain theme park.
- Lake Winnepesaukah Chattanooga, TN (877) 525-3946 - rated as one of Americas Top 10 family amusement parks by Travel and Leisure magazine.
- Tours and Exhibits
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- Biltmore Estate Asheville, NC (800) 543-2961 - built on a 125,000 acre (now 8,000 acres) estate as the home of George Vanderbilt, the 250-room French Renaissance chateau known as Biltmore House is the largest private residence in America.
- Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Blue Ridge, GA (800) 934-1898 - 26 mile tip along the Taccoa river in vintage passenger cars.
- Fields Of The Wood Murphy, NC (828) 494-7855 - visit biblical monuments, replicas of Golgotha and Joseph's tomb and the world's largest set of the Ten Commandments.
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (800) 872-4681 - train excursions through western North Carolina mountains.
- Lost Sea Sweetwater, TN - America's largest underground lake located deep inside craighead caverns
- Rock City Lookout Mtn, GA - Experience Rock City and view 7 states from atop Lookout Mtn.
- Ruby Falls Chattanooga, TN - America's highest underground waterfall open to the public.
- Tennessee Aquarium Chattanooga, TN - visit the world's largest freshwater aquarium.
- White Water Rafting
- Enjoy both guided and unguided trips on the Nantahala river or guided trips on the more challenging Ocoee river, site of the 1996 Olympic kayak competitions.
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