Land Adjacent to Public Land in Jackson County, NC

Jackson County is surrounded by public land — Nantahala National Forest to the west and south, Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the northwest, and the Blue Ridge Parkway along the northern ridge. Parcels adjacent to these protected areas border hundreds of thousands of acres that will never be developed. PerfectPlace verifies actual boundary adjacency using the Protected Areas Database, identifying the parcels that physically touch public land.