TAKE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED!

As we gear up for the 2024 season, please note that a detour route will be in effect due to the rebuilding of Bald River Falls Bridge. Don’t worry, though- we’ve got you covered with detailed instructions from Tellico Plains to ensure you can get to our wilderness getaway. Make sure to monitor our FB social media page for any last-minute announcements or changes. It does take a little over one-hour from the base of Tellico Plains to Green Cove using the detour.

DETOUR ROUTES

ROUTES FROM Tellico Plains:

–>To Green Cove/Upper Tellico River from Tellico Plains via RIVER ROAD, WILDCAT and BALD RIVER ROAD

To access this detour, you will turn off the Cherohala Skyway to River Road as if you were going to Bald River Falls and Green Cove. After a short distance on River Road, you will see DETOUR SIGNAGE to the UPPER TELLICO put out by the forest service. FOLLOW THE DETOUR SIGNS. After about an hour drive (gravel and dirt) you will come out ABOVE GREEN COVE STORE onto River Road (FS 210). You will turn left onto River Road (FS 210) and be at Green Cove in less than a mile.

–> To Green Cove/Upper Tellico River from Tellico Plains via SKYWAY and NORTH RIVER ROAD

(all mileage is approximate)

From Highway 68 turn onto Scenic Byway 165 (the Cherohala Skyway). You will pass through the town of Tellico Plains.

Continue the Skyway for approximately 14 miles. You will see signs pointing you toward Indian Boundary. Do not turn into Indian Boundary. (Indian Boundary is mentioned in these directions just to provide you with a point of reference.)

Continue the Skyway for approximately 11 more miles. On this drive you will keep ascending the mountain. When you are to the top and in North Carolina, there will be a BIG SIGN on the RIGHT pointing straight ahead to Robbinsville, N.C and straight back from where you came pointing backwards. There is a road directly to your LEFT in front of this sign. You will turn LEFT onto a gravel road. Continue this road that leads underneath the Skyway. You will see a sign that says Entering Cherokee National Forest. In about 1 mile you will turn RIGHT.

Go about 8 to 9 miles until you come to a bridge.

At the bridge turn LEFT (onto Forest Service Road 217) and drive for approximately 1 mile. At end of that road, you’ll see the North River Check-in Station on your right. You have arrived onto River Road (Forest Service Road 210). Turn LEFT.

In about 1 mile you will arrive in Green Cove.