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Visit Our Properties

Photo credit: Ralph Preston

Leave No TraceSeveral Mainspring-owned properties are accessible to the public. Visitors can participate in hiking, birding, hunting, walking, accessing waterways to float or swim, and even join in local cultural events and purchasing local handicrafts.

At our outdoor public properties we ask that visitors practice Leave No Trace principles.

Learn more about each of these unique properties, including details on public access, and plan your visit!

Tessentee Bottomland Preserve

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The Rickman Store

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Welch Farm

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Queen Branch

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Salt Rock Gap Entrance at Panthertown Valley

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Gibson Bottoms

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Smoky Mountain News: Below the Pinnacle: Project seeks to protect 250 acres below Pinnacle Rock

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Mainspring Awarded More Than $800,000 in State Land, Water Grants

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557 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
828-524-2711
46 Valley River Avenue
Murphy, NC 28906
828-837-6383
642 West Main Street
Sylva, NC 28779
828-524-2711

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