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When you arrive in Franklin you can check in at Mail
Stop Shipping Center located at the south entrance of the Whistle Stop
Mall.
Hours of operation are from 9 AM to 6 PM Monday thru Friday and 10-3 on
Saturday. If you come outside of those hours you can make arrangements to
go directly to the cabins and do a morning check in.
Directions to the Cabins at Big Bear
Big
Bear Log Cabins are located behind the Macon County Fairgrounds
(across from The Whistle Stop Mall and Zaxby's on 441 S) on Wide
Horizon Drive. Take Wide Horizon Drive east ¼ mile and take the
first drive on the right, which is Bruin Ridge Trail. Follow the
signs to the drive up to the cabins. Directions on how to get to
our office in The Whistle Stop Mall are listed further down below.
Directions to the Cabins at Carolina Village
Our
cabins at Carolina Village are 3 1/2 miles south of the Whistle Stop
mall on Hwy 441 S. The actual address is 4968 Hwy 441 S. Once you
arrive there you will turn east on to Carolina Village Circle (see
gated entrance) and turn immediately to the right following the
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Directions to
the Office
Directions from Asheville
- I-40 West
- Take the 23S/74W Exit (signs mention Sylva/Dillsboro)
- Take Exit 81 (third Sylva exit), following 23South towards
Franklin/Atlanta
- Straight at light following 23S/441S over the mountain (approx 20
miles).
- Stay on 23/441 (not Business 441) until the exit for Atlanta
- Whistle Stop Mall is on 441S at bottom of hill (1/2 mile after exit)
on right
- Approximately 65 miles
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Directions from Knoxville, Tennessee
- I-40 East
- Exit 27 off I-40 (23 South)
- Follow signs thru Waynesville and Sylva
- Take Exit 81 (third Sylva exit), following 23 South
to Dillsboro/Franklin
- Straight at light following 23S/441S over the
mountain (approx 20 miles).
- Stay on 23/441 (not Business 441) until the exit for
Atlanta
- Whistle Stop Mall is on 441S at bottom of hill (1/2
mile after exit) on right
- Approximately 130 miles
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Directions from Atlanta, Georgia
- I-85 North
- I-985 North
- 23N/441 N
- Whistle Stop Mall is on 441N the left before you
enter the city limits of Franklin
- Approximately 125 miles
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From Greenville, South Carolina
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I-85 South to Exit 19
(Clemson).
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Follow 76 West to Clayton,
Georgia.
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Take U.S. 441 North straight to
Franklin.
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Approximately 110 miles.
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