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Place Description
High Country

modern name applied to NW North Carolina, especially area around Boone and Blowing Rock, to promote tourism.

High Falls

in Little River in E Transylvania County S of the mouth of Grassy Creek. Height of the falls is 50 ft.

High Falls of the Tuckasegee

See Tuckasegee Falls.

High Hampton Estate

SE Jackson County on the W edge of Hampton Lake. Estate named for Gen. Wade Hampton, Confederate officer and governor of South Carolina, who had a home there. It is now a private recreation area and resort, High Hampton Inn. Alt. 3,524.

High Hickory Knob

SE Buncombe County between Patton Gap and Flat Top in the Swannanoa Mountains.

High Hickory Ridge

SE Buncombe County N of High Hickory Knob.

High Hill

community in N Hertford County.

High Hill Inlet

between Whalebone Island in Pamlico Sound and Portsmouth Island in E Carteret County.

High Hills, The

sand dunes on Portsmouth Island about 1 mi. NE of Drum Inlet, E Carteret County.

High Holly

mountain in S Macon County between Kinley Mountain and Middle Creek.