Visiting Historic Downtown Sylva, North Carolina + Judaculla Rock

[@MrMusky1963]

I will say it again.........western NC is the most beautiful place that I know of.

[@MrMountainMan]

Yes there are a bunch of cool places like that around here. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@mcwsu78]

My uncle left the army and married a Sylva native. They lived up on the hill up on top of Spring St. and had a beautiful view of the old courthouse from the back porch and a basset hound named Moose. I visited twice in the 1990s as a kid and teenager. Glad to see City Lights is still in business 25 years later.

[@relicman]

I really enjoyed this. I go to Cherokee fairly often and I love driving to Bryson City and the surrounding towns to film as well.

[@MrMountainMan]

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!

[@grisjag.6944]

I was able to live here as a foreign student for about a year in 1997. Still want to go back one day, see how it all changed. The area is stunning

[@MrMountainMan]

It probably still has that small town charm even 25 years later! Thanks for watching!

[@Jay-lr3me]

I worked in balsam at a summer camp in 2017.. came all the way from England, WNC is so green just like home.. I loved it there. So many good memories between Waynesville and Sylva.

[@MrMountainMan]

I was just out that way recently and it's such a beautiful part of WNC. Thanks for watching!

[@TacoTraveller]

I remember staying at the Blue Ridge Inn in 1988 with my parents on the way to Pigeon Forge. For some reason, I thought we had stayed in Franklin, but I vividly remember the courthouse. I found out the other day it was actually Sylva. It’s nice to see the whole town and the motel is just as nice as it was back then!

[@MrMountainMan]

Yes the downtown area seems to be quite popular with newer restaurants, microbreweries, shopping, and the existing mainstays like the Blue Ridge Inn you mentioned. Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!

[@scottcalhoun5524]

Just moved to Franklin, about twenty miles away. Love WNC!

[@MrMountainMan]

That's awesome, WNC is a great place to explore!

[@loribenton5975]

I want to go inside that library! This town and area looks so inviting.

[@MrMountainMan]

Hello, yes it would have been nice to check out the inside of the courthouse, but I was there later on a Monday. Something to look forward to next time! Thanks for watching!

[@storyhasit3648]

Excellent! Another place to add to my must see list!

[@MrMountainMan]

Yes it's for sure worth visiting, thanks for watching!

[@amberbryant8141]

I did two times visit Sylva, NC. So beautiful town places. Thank you sharing your video. 🫶🏻❤

[@MrMountainMan]

That view of the mountains from downtown Sylva is spectacular, such a great place to visit and walk around. Thanks for watching!

[@foxywolf1777]

Love the area there....Sylva, Dillsboro.😍 I come in by them when I come up, going to Cherokee. Really neat area, and not as expensive and crowded as Highlands and Cashiers🙄 Fantastic job on the vlog and Judaculla Rock🤩 Thanks for that wonderful adventure🐾🦊🐺

[@MrMountainMan]

This was a nice surprise as I had not been there previously. Thanks for watching and the great feedback foxy!

[@polly_sigh]

Really nicely done! I lived and worked in Sylva back in the 80's at the local radio station WRGC-AM. Absolutely loved living there and hoping I can return in retirement. You put together a good video. You have a nice, friendly voice, make interesting comments, and your filming visuals are excellent!

[@MrMountainMan]

I'm super humbled by your kind words and positive feedback thank you so much! Sylva and all of Western NC is just beautiful. I look forward to making more videos in the future, thanks for watching!

[@eileenhudson4934]

Agree ..this area is truly God s Country. Lived there for approx. 2 months in summer of 2001..

[@MrMountainMan]

Just an absolutely beautiful downtown area there with the mountains as a backdrop. Thanks for watching!

[@Marilyn-KY]

Great little town. Thanks for letting us tag along.

[@MrMountainMan]

Glad you enjoyed it Marilyn, thanks for watching!

[@Huskytrailsandtails]

Very nice little town Mr. Mountain Man and a very nice job showing us around. You are really getting great with your editing of these and making them look very professionally done. I even shared this on my facepages. Great video MMM, really enjoyed it! That was a really nice veterans memorial in town. Beautiful area and nice walkway around the rock as well.

[@MrMountainMan]

Thanks Larry this was a great little town, and I had not been to that specific area previously. I appreciate you sharing the video, and the positive feedback!

[@ritalockett9788]

Sylva looks like a nice town .I think I would like to stay at the Blue Ridge Inn while visiting the area. I would try some of the cafes and check out the Dixie & Co. Market for sure. That is a heck of a lot of steps up to the courthouse, but what a nice view of the town and of the mountains. You need to go back in the fall and give us a video from the courthouse when the leaves are in full color. Maybe you can drive around to the back of the courthouse and not have to climb the steps .The area at Judaculla Rock does look like Cades Cove. That is interesting information about Judaculla and the rock. It would be great to know what the petroglyphs are telling.

[@MrMountainMan]

This area was new to me and such an interesting and beautiful place. Great suggestion about the fall, as that view from the top would be spectacular. Thanks for watching Rita!

[@marmeedoll]

Leaving Sylva headed for the Judacalla Rock you pass by WCU and its Mountain Heritage Center, which is on the college campus. A visit is worth your time. Personal aside: wife and I courted there before all the buildings came. She lived on top of a mountain overlooking the old campus where for years you could start first grade (the college owned the local public school - it was right in the middle of the old campus)and , you could graduate with a masters degree in due time. Your school memories would all be in one place.

[@MrMountainMan]

Great memory that's awesome!

[@SmokiesPlus]

Thanks for taking us along. That courthouse is amazing

[@MrMountainMan]

Yes it was a cool place, and the view from the courthouse over the downtown area was amazing. Thanks for checking it out!

[@bigdaddy4983]

Man, you are really got this video thing down. Great, informative video. I guess we have a new town to check out the next time we come down. As far as what the petroglyphs say, being the rock is close to Asheville, I’d imagine it translates to “Buy Local”. Again great video!

[@MrMountainMan]

LOL I like the 'buy local' guess! Thank you for the great feedback, and glad you enjoyed!

[@donkunes8630]

Lived in the Franklin, Highlands NC area for 8 yrs. The walkway wasn't there and there was a 'roof' over the rock. Sometimes we saw chalk outlines on the rock where people from Duke University were studying it

[@MrMountainMan]

Thanks for the information that's cool! Thanks for watching

[@BJJandBS]

Hey Mr Mountain man....what would you say are the nicest small towns in W NC around this area with good mountain biking? Places that are more upscale and nice downtowns? How is Clyde and WAynesville compared to Sylva? Thinking of staying out there for a month to go mountain biking but my wife is a little bougie and likes nice stuff. She liked Blowing Rocks and Banner Elk but I want to be closer to Pisgah. Any recommendations?

[@lsmar20]

This Is So Cool! Love your Work MMM!

[@MrMountainMan]

Thank you for watching! 😄

[@lsmar20]

@@MrMountainMan yw!

[@mmurphy47208]

In my mind I think maybe this is a map of a burial ground and the paths, roads if you will, divide the plots of families. The dots represent the graves, the smaller the dot, the younger and the larger dots would be older or heads of clans. These "families" are further designated by the shapes or figures that mark each individual family area. Generations of one family would be added with arms or paths in that family or clan's plot. You can see rather large stones, boulders or rocks scattered nearby.

[@MrMountainMan]

That's a fantastic hypothesis about Judaculla rock! For sure it was some type of documentation or communication, and it's interesting to wonder exactly what it was saying. Thanks for watching!

[@brendafairbanks772]

My paternal grandmother was from Sylvia..Dora Haskett

[@azrock235]

What a nice little town MMM. I liked how you ran up the stairs at the Courthouse 🤣 I wish it had been opened as I bet the architecture inside was cool. I enjoy window shopping as that I can afford. As always, thanks for the maps! That Judaculla rock area was certainly interesting!! Aren’t there people that study petroglyphs to be able to understand what they state? There were some petroglyphs around Tucson we would hike to sometimes. I always pray the idiots that graffiti never damage them. Very enjoyable MMM. Thank you! Be safe.

[@MrMountainMan]

I didn't even think about vandalism of the rock, but you're right I hope that never happens! A lot of people study them, but from what I read they aren't fully sure what it means. Thanks for all the great feedback, and glad you enjoyed it!

[@azrock235]

@@MrMountainMan That makes sense about the understanding what it says. You are welcome MMM!

[@dialben]

It's actually more like 45 to 50 minutes out of the heart of Asheville.

[@ephesiansthreeten9785]

A [Travelin' Man] -- both literally and figuratively. Say hello to the Rephaim for me.

[@SørenBurrus]

That car at 1:27 is my parent dodge van

[@MrMountainMan]

Oh how cool! Thanks for watching!

[@WhittyPics]

Why is everything closed? Is it a Sunday?

[@MrMountainMan]

If I recall this was made the day after July 4th on a Monday in the evening so a lot of business in a small town like this were closed. It's much more lively on say a Saturday morning. Thanks for watching!

[@Painfulwhale360]

I’m applying for a UPS delivery job in Sylva, NC so thank you!

[@MrMountainMan]

Fantastic! Sylva is a really cool place for sure.

[@BestestFriend49]

The library. The old courthouse now houses the library.

[@MrMountainMan]

Yes it would be neat to check it out someday. Thanks for watching!

[@vintagegarage2051]

14:56 to me it looks like side view of head and line divides face from brain and all the drawings......my 2 cents

[@sbanana210]

I'm Cherokee and have never heard of this giant so that let's me know it's fake