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National Forests of the Blue Ridge
Explore Neighboring Cherokee, Nantahala,
and Oconee-Chattahoochee Forests
"Nantahala" is a Cherokee word meaning "land of the noon day sun," a fitting name for the Nantahala Gorge, where the sun only reaches to the valley floor at midday.
The Town of Murphy, including Owl Creek Farm Resort, are considered to be part of this land.
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