Paddling near Cherokee, NC
Cherokee sits in the southern Appalachians of Swain County, at the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the Oconaluftee River runs clear through town. The area draws paddlers and tubers to the Oconaluftee's gentle Class I–II water, and the nearby Tuckaseegee River rounds out the local scene with family-friendly flatwater and mild rapids.
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