Conserved Properties

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust currently protects over 4,000 acres of valuable land resources.


Conservation Easements: 2,943.29 acres in 61 places

Fee Simple Properties (owned by HCLT): 481.46 acres in 46 places

HCLT-Assisted Properties (properties HCLT helped protect and transferred ownership): 324.68 acres in 6 places

Conservation Easements

Ralph & Louise Sargent Preserve
Macon County
5.6 acres
1996 

Sweetwater Farms
Macon County
86.0 acres
1999 

Alice G. Wightman Preserve/Wyatt
Macon County
8.4 acres
2001 

McCall 1
Macon County
16.9 acres
2003 

McCall 2
Macon County
14.0 acres
2004

Runyan Tract
Jackson County
80.0 acres
2003 

Big Sheepcliff Tract
Jackson County
50.0 acres
2003

Gregory Tract 1
Macon County
22.0 acres
2004 

Reid Tract
Macon County
11.0 acres
2004 

Shanor Tract/Brushy Ridge
Macon County
147.0 acres
2004

Still Hunter Tract/Hughes Knob Slope
Jackson County
55.0 acres
2004 

Trillium Tract
Jackson County
34.0 acres
2004 

Chimneytop and Rock Mountain
Jackson County
293.0 acres
2005 

Apple Orchard
Jackson County
56.6 acres
2005

The Hedges
Macon County
6.0 acres
2006 

Laurel Knob
Jackson County
32.5 acres
2006 

Lonesome Valley
Jackson County
26.0 acres
2006 

Faraway
Macon County
9.59 acres
2007 

Williams Big Creek
Macon County
9.00 acres
2007

Barefoot
Macon County
8.38 acres
2007 

Elfin Cove
Jackson County
55.90 acres
2007 ​

Meadow at Cashiers
Jackson County
65.04 acres
2007

Rainy Day Farm
Jackson County
23.70 acres
2007 

Doubletop
Jackson County
61.92 acres
2008

Sapphire Sanctuary
Jackson County
51.41 acres
2008

The Mountain
Macon County
82.62 acres
2008

Gregory Tract 2
Macon County
23.18 acres
2008

Big Creek Tract
Macon County
3.0 acres
2009

Firewater
Jackson County
66.27 acres
2009

James E. Warren Sr. Estate
Jackson County
132.44 acres
2009

Summer Solstice
Jackson County
40.88 acres
2009

Hazel Killebrew Place
Macon County
11.23 acres
2009

Haus im Wald
Jackson County
49.53 acres
2009

Chestnut Oaks
Jackson County
11.83 acres
2009

Hill House
Macon County
10.0 acres
2009

Frog Pond Farm
Macon County
16.64 acres
2009

Prichard’s Perch
Macon County
11.20 acres
2011

Ridges of Cedar Knob
Macon County
116.95 acres
2011

Ridges of East Fork
Jackson County
220.88 acres
2011

Rock Mountain Summit
Jackson County
34.64 acres
2011

​Big Creek Gorge
Macon County
25.50 acres
2012

Norton Creek Gorge
Jackson County
28.97 acres
2012

Pittillo Family Nature Preserve
Jackson County
20.48 acres
2012

River House
Macon County
6.30 acres
2012

Big Creek Falls
Macon County
14.34 acres
2013

Black Rock Preserve
Macon County
12.73 acres
2013

Fish Camp
Macon County
15.70 acres
2013

Lizzie’s Fen
Macon County
1.75 acres
2013

Black Bear Trail
Jackson County
48.38 acres
2014

Edwards Creek Headwaters
Macon County
10.65 acres
2014

Eden
Jackson County
31 acres
2015

Old Rocky Mountain/Shanor 2
Macon County
117 acres
2015

Cullowhee Bluffs
Jackson County
215 acres
2015

High Knob
Jackson County
150.00 acres
2018
 
Dendy Orchard Knob
Macon County
3.15 acres
2018
 
Cedar Hill
Jackson County
43.47 acres
2018

Padgett Bilbee Memorial Preserve
Jackson County
34.05 acres
2019

Wee House
Macon County
9.79 acres
2019

Zahner Preserve
Macon County
10.40 acres
2019

TNC Acquisitions
Macon County
27 acres total
2020

TNC Acquisitions
Jackson County
61.4 acres total
​2020

Fee Simple Properties

Satulah Mountain Preserves/Original Tract
Macon County
54.1 acres
1909

Ravenel Park/Sunset Rock
Macon County
10.0 acres
1914

Reba Bridgers Park
Macon County
0.9 acres
1991

Gertrude Harbison Spring
Macon County
0.8 acres
1992

Padgett Park
Macon County
0.2 acres
1996

Satulah Mountain Preserves/Jenkins Tract
Macon County
4.5 acres
1997

Kelsey Trail Preserve/Edwards Tract
Macon County
3.7 acres
1998

Satulah Mountain Preserves/John Hobson Park
Macon County
8.2 acres
1998

Hubbard Park at Stillmont
Jackson County
12.7 acres
1999

(Part of) Bracken Bog Preserves/American Legion Tract
Macon County
0.5 acres
2000

Kelsey Trail Preserve/Lindsey Tract
Macon County
7.9 acres
2001

Henry Wright Preserve
Macon County
22.0 acres
2001

Dillard Road Greenspace
Macon County
1.2 acres
2001

Dixon Park
Macon County
17.3 acres
2003

Valley of the Giants
Macon County
11.6 acres
2003

Dixon Park Extension
Macon County
1.9 acres
2004

Lindsey Olive Preserve
Macon County
4.0 acres
2004

Pinky Falls Preserve
Macon County
5.7 acres
2004

Harris Lake Wetlands
Macon County
2.0 acres
2004

Rhododendron Park
Macon County
25.3 acres
2004

Rhodes Big View
Jackson County
10.0 acres
2006

Hardscrabble Tract
Jackson County
2.0 acres
2006

Bald Rock Preserve
Jackson County
6.5 acres
2006

Bracken Bog Preserve/Franklin Tract
Macon County
1.12 acres
2007

Brushy Face/Clear Creek Preserve
Macon County
11.7 acres
2008

Satulah Mountain Preserves/Beautiful View Tract
Macon County
3.77 acres
2008

Satulah Mountain Preserves/Creekside Tract
Macon County
7.17 acres
2008

View Point Road
Macon County
3.66 acre
2010

Kelsey Trail Preserve/Chambers 1 Tract
Macon County
0.78 acres
2010

Kelsey Trail Preserve/Chambers 2 Tract
Macon County
0.58 acres
2011

Bracken Bog Preserve/Carter Tract
Macon County
2.21 acres
2012

Satulah Mountain Preserves/Eskrigge Addition
Macon County
1.18 acres
2014
 
Laurel Knob Preserve
Jackson County
32.5 acres
2014

Brushy Face Preserve/2nd Tract
Macon County
63 acres
2015

Henry Wright Preserve/Still-Katt Addition
Macon County
3.93 acres
2016

McKinney Meadow
Jackson County
2.11 acres
2017

Castor Meadows
Jackson County
12.73 acres
2018
 
Ravenel Park
Macon County
0.73 acres
2018
 
Sassafras Gap Farm
Macon County
22.51 acres
2018

Buck Creek Farm
Macon County
29.55 acres
2019

Natural Bridge Preserve
Macon County
6.60 acres
2019

Little Pine
Jackson County
7.23 acres
2020

Little Bearpen Preserve
Macon County
27.37 acres
2020

Kelsey Trail Preserve Addition
Macon County
1 acre
​2020

HCLT-Assisted Properties

Cedar Cliffs (NC Plant Conservation Program)
Jackson County
73.64 acres
2007

Dulaney Bog (NC Plant Conservation Program)
Jackson County
38.61 acres
2008

Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park (Town of Highlands)
Macon County
0.36 acres
2007

Founders Park Addition (Town of Highlands)
Macon County
0.49 acres
2015

Southern Highlands Appalachian Conservancy - will eventually go to USFS
Macon, Jackson, Transylvania Counties
211.9 acres
2020