Insider Tidbits

• You can find traditional Indian food, music, and crafts at the Fading Voices Festival on Memorial Day weekend--on the grounds of Little Snowbird Baptist Church.

Shopping

The following locally owned and operated shops carry authentic hand-made Cherokee arts and crafts.

• Junaluska Museum and Memorial--look for Emma Garrett's river cane baskets, DeWalt Hyde's silversmithing, and Billy Welch's bear masks made from gourds.
  
  
• Diamond Brown craft shop downtown and on Cornsilk Branch
  
  
• Shirley Oswalt craft shop near Buffalo Church--call the Junaluska Museum for info.

Parks and Other Resources

• Graham County Tourism
  800 470-3790
  828 479-3790
  main.nc.us/graham
  
  
• U.S. Forest Service
  Cheoah Ranger District U.S.F.S. Rt. 1 Box 16-A
  Robbinsville NC 28771
  828 479-6431

Other Things to See and Do in Robbinsville, N.C.

Junaluska Museum and Memorial
Junaluska Drive P.O. Box 1547
Robbinsville NC 28771
Phone: 828 479-4727 Fax: 828 479-4636
www.junaluska.com

Open April--November (or by appointment Dec.--Mar.)

• View artifacts from local excavations at the Junaluska Museum
  
  
• Walk the Medicine Plant Trail at the Junaluska Memorial
  
  
• See 400 year-old poplars and 98 other tree species at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
  
  
• Walk or drive Tatham Gap Trail, part of the original Trail of Tears, off of Long Branch Road in downtown Robbinsville (Includes about 10 miles of gravel road.)
  
  
• Picnic along the scenic Cherohala among panoramic mountain views and ancient meadows.
  
  
• Hike the Appalachian Trail through the Snowbird and Cheoah Mountains.
  
  
• Hike the Bartram Trail, taken by the famous botanist through this region.