Visiting Historic Downtown Sylva, North Carolina + Judaculla Rock

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3 жыл бұрын

Today I'm taking a trip in the mountains of North Carolina to historic downtown Sylva with a bonus trip to Judaculla rock. Nestled in the heart of the western NC mountains, Main Street offers an array of shopping, dining, lodging, and history. Judaculla rock contains ancient carvings and petroglyphs that are over 1,000 years old. Come with me as I walk around and explore this little mountain town, as well as witness a piece of history at Judaculla rock!
Located off US-74 in Jackson County, downtown Sylva is about an hour's drive from Asheville NC.
www.mainstreetsylva.org/
Judaculla Rock is located about 20 minutes south of Sylva a few minutes off of NC-107.
www.discoverjacksonnc.com/att...

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@MrMusky1963 3 жыл бұрын

I will say it again.........western NC is the most beautiful place that I know of.

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

Yes there are a bunch of cool places like that around here. Thanks for checking out the video!

@mcwsu78 2 ай бұрын

My uncle left the army and married a Sylva native. They lived up on the hill up on top of Spring St. and had a beautiful view of the old courthouse from the back porch and a basset hound named Moose. I visited twice in the 1990s as a kid and teenager. Glad to see City Lights is still in business 25 years later.

@relicman Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this. I go to Cherokee fairly often and I love driving to Bryson City and the surrounding towns to film as well.

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!

@grisjag.6944 Жыл бұрын

I was able to live here as a foreign student for about a year in 1997. Still want to go back one day, see how it all changed. The area is stunning

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

It probably still has that small town charm even 25 years later! Thanks for watching!

@TacoTraveller 2 жыл бұрын

I remember staying at the Blue Ridge Inn in 1988 with my parents on the way to Pigeon Forge. For some reason, I thought we had stayed in Franklin, but I vividly remember the courthouse. I found out the other day it was actually Sylva. It’s nice to see the whole town and the motel is just as nice as it was back then!

@MrMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the downtown area seems to be quite popular with newer restaurants, microbreweries, shopping, and the existing mainstays like the Blue Ridge Inn you mentioned. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!

@Jay-lr3me 5 ай бұрын

I worked in balsam at a summer camp in 2017.. came all the way from England, WNC is so green just like home.. I loved it there. So many good memories between Waynesville and Sylva.

@MrMountainMan 5 ай бұрын

I was just out that way recently and it's such a beautiful part of WNC. Thanks for watching!

@loribenton5975 2 жыл бұрын

I want to go inside that library! This town and area looks so inviting.

@MrMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, yes it would have been nice to check out the inside of the courthouse, but I was there later on a Monday. Something to look forward to next time! Thanks for watching!

@polly_sigh 27 күн бұрын

Really nicely done! I lived and worked in Sylva back in the 80's at the local radio station WRGC-AM. Absolutely loved living there and hoping I can return in retirement. You put together a good video. You have a nice, friendly voice, make interesting comments, and your filming visuals are excellent!

@MrMountainMan 25 күн бұрын

I'm super humbled by your kind words and positive feedback thank you so much! Sylva and all of Western NC is just beautiful. I look forward to making more videos in the future, thanks for watching!

@scottcalhoun5524 2 жыл бұрын

Just moved to Franklin, about twenty miles away. Love WNC!

@MrMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, WNC is a great place to explore!

@amberbryant8141 Жыл бұрын

I did two times visit Sylva, NC. So beautiful town places. Thank you sharing your video. 🫶🏻❤

@MrMountainMan 9 ай бұрын

That view of the mountains from downtown Sylva is spectacular, such a great place to visit and walk around. Thanks for watching!

@storyhasit3648 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Another place to add to my must see list!

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's for sure worth visiting, thanks for watching!

@marmeedoll Жыл бұрын

Leaving Sylva headed for the Judacalla Rock you pass by WCU and its Mountain Heritage Center, which is on the college campus. A visit is worth your time. Personal aside: wife and I courted there before all the buildings came. She lived on top of a mountain overlooking the old campus where for years you could start first grade (the college owned the local public school - it was right in the middle of the old campus)and , you could graduate with a masters degree in due time. Your school memories would all be in one place.

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

Great memory that's awesome!

@foxywolf1777 3 жыл бұрын

Love the area there....Sylva, Dillsboro.😍 I come in by them when I come up, going to Cherokee. Really neat area, and not as expensive and crowded as Highlands and Cashiers🙄 Fantastic job on the vlog and Judaculla Rock🤩 Thanks for that wonderful adventure🐾🦊🐺

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

This was a nice surprise as I had not been there previously. Thanks for watching and the great feedback foxy!

@bigdaddy4983 3 жыл бұрын

Man, you are really got this video thing down. Great, informative video. I guess we have a new town to check out the next time we come down. As far as what the petroglyphs say, being the rock is close to Asheville, I’d imagine it translates to “Buy Local”. Again great video!

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

LOL I like the 'buy local' guess! Thank you for the great feedback, and glad you enjoyed!

@LivingLikeLarry 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice little town Mr. Mountain Man and a very nice job showing us around. You are really getting great with your editing of these and making them look very professionally done. I even shared this on my facepages. Great video MMM, really enjoyed it! That was a really nice veterans memorial in town. Beautiful area and nice walkway around the rock as well.

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry this was a great little town, and I had not been to that specific area previously. I appreciate you sharing the video, and the positive feedback!

@ritalockett9788 3 жыл бұрын

Sylva looks like a nice town .I think I would like to stay at the Blue Ridge Inn while visiting the area. I would try some of the cafes and check out the Dixie & Co. Market for sure. That is a heck of a lot of steps up to the courthouse, but what a nice view of the town and of the mountains. You need to go back in the fall and give us a video from the courthouse when the leaves are in full color. Maybe you can drive around to the back of the courthouse and not have to climb the steps .The area at Judaculla Rock does look like Cades Cove. That is interesting information about Judaculla and the rock. It would be great to know what the petroglyphs are telling.

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

This area was new to me and such an interesting and beautiful place. Great suggestion about the fall, as that view from the top would be spectacular. Thanks for watching Rita!

@SmokiesPlus 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us along. That courthouse is amazing

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a cool place, and the view from the courthouse over the downtown area was amazing. Thanks for checking it out!

@donkunes8630 Жыл бұрын

Lived in the Franklin, Highlands NC area for 8 yrs. The walkway wasn't there and there was a 'roof' over the rock. Sometimes we saw chalk outlines on the rock where people from Duke University were studying it

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information that's cool! Thanks for watching

@Marilyn-KY 2 жыл бұрын

Great little town. Thanks for letting us tag along.

@MrMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Marilyn, thanks for watching!

@ephesiansthreeten9785 Жыл бұрын

A [Travelin' Man] -- both literally and figuratively. Say hello to the Rephaim for me.

@mmurphy47208 Жыл бұрын

In my mind I think maybe this is a map of a burial ground and the paths, roads if you will, divide the plots of families. The dots represent the graves, the smaller the dot, the younger and the larger dots would be older or heads of clans. These "families" are further designated by the shapes or figures that mark each individual family area. Generations of one family would be added with arms or paths in that family or clan's plot. You can see rather large stones, boulders or rocks scattered nearby.

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

That's a fantastic hypothesis about Judaculla rock! For sure it was some type of documentation or communication, and it's interesting to wonder exactly what it was saying. Thanks for watching!

@lsmar20 3 жыл бұрын

This Is So Cool! Love your Work MMM!

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😄

@lsmar20 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrMountainMan yw!

@brendafairbanks772 11 ай бұрын

My paternal grandmother was from Sylvia..Dora Haskett

@eileenhudson4934 Жыл бұрын

Agree ..this area is truly God s Country. Lived there for approx. 2 months in summer of 2001..

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

Just an absolutely beautiful downtown area there with the mountains as a backdrop. Thanks for watching!

@azrock235 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice little town MMM. I liked how you ran up the stairs at the Courthouse 🤣 I wish it had been opened as I bet the architecture inside was cool. I enjoy window shopping as that I can afford. As always, thanks for the maps! That Judaculla rock area was certainly interesting!! Aren’t there people that study petroglyphs to be able to understand what they state? There were some petroglyphs around Tucson we would hike to sometimes. I always pray the idiots that graffiti never damage them. Very enjoyable MMM. Thank you! Be safe.

@MrMountainMan 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even think about vandalism of the rock, but you're right I hope that never happens! A lot of people study them, but from what I read they aren't fully sure what it means. Thanks for all the great feedback, and glad you enjoyed it!

@azrock235 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrMountainMan That makes sense about the understanding what it says. You are welcome MMM!

@ArizonaMMJ Жыл бұрын

Hey Mr Mountain man....what would you say are the nicest small towns in W NC around this area with good mountain biking? Places that are more upscale and nice downtowns? How is Clyde and WAynesville compared to Sylva? Thinking of staying out there for a month to go mountain biking but my wife is a little bougie and likes nice stuff. She liked Blowing Rocks and Banner Elk but I want to be closer to Pisgah. Any recommendations?

@dialben 2 жыл бұрын

It's actually more like 45 to 50 minutes out of the heart of Asheville.

@Painfulwhale360 2 жыл бұрын

I’m applying for a UPS delivery job in Sylva, NC so thank you!

@MrMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Sylva is a really cool place for sure.

@thepatiatitan5596 Жыл бұрын

That car at 1:27 is my parent dodge van

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

Oh how cool! Thanks for watching!

@BestestFriend49 2 жыл бұрын

The library. The old courthouse now houses the library.

@MrMountainMan 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it would be neat to check it out someday. Thanks for watching!

@vintagegarage2051 Жыл бұрын

14:56 to me it looks like side view of head and line divides face from brain and all the drawings......my 2 cents

@WhittyPics Жыл бұрын

Why is everything closed? Is it a Sunday?

@MrMountainMan Жыл бұрын

If I recall this was made the day after July 4th on a Monday in the evening so a lot of business in a small town like this were closed. It's much more lively on say a Saturday morning. Thanks for watching!