BALD ROCK COMMUNITY-DID YOU KNOW?

The Divide at Bald Rock community boarders Panthertown Valley. Panthertown Valley is located in the Nantahala National Forest nearest to the town of Cashiers, North Carolina.

The Divide’s 244 pristine acres of mountaintop forest, glades, lush foliage, streams, cascading waterfalls, and magnificent mountain panoramas of sheer rock cliffs and sylvan valleys border the U.S. Forest Service’s 6,300-acre Panthertown Valley Preserve – which assures privacy so critical to a mountain sanctuary.

The valley is unusual topographically as it lies at roughly 4000 feet of elevation, is broad and relatively flat. The sandy bottom is interrupted by large granite bolders both within it and on it's borders. These rise 200 - 300 feet and host several climbable cliff faces. The most notable of these is Big Green Mountain at the south end of the valley.